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SPECIAL FORCES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting
Synonyms:
Special Forces; U. S. Army Special Forces; United States Army Special Forces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Special Forces" is a kind of...):
division (an army unit large enough to sustain combat)
Meronyms (members of "Special Forces"):
Green Beret (a soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces)
Holonyms ("Special Forces" is a part of...):
Army; U. S. Army; United States Army; US Army; USA (the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare)