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commando
[kuh-man-doh, -mahn-]
noun
plural
commandos, commandoes(inWorld War II )
any of the specially trained Allied military units used for surprise, hit-and-run raids against Axis forces.
a member of any of these units.
any military unit organized for operations similar to those of the commandos of World War II.
a member of a military assault unit or team trained to operate quickly and aggressively in especially urgent, threatening situations, as against terrorists holding hostages.
commando
/ əˈɑːԻəʊ /
noun
an amphibious military unit trained for raiding
a member of such a unit
the basic unit of the Royal Marine Corps
(originally) an armed force raised by Boers during the Boer War
(modifier) denoting or relating to a commando or force of commandos
a commando raid
a commando unit
adverb
informalto wear no underpants
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of commando1
Idioms and Phrases
go commando, to wear pants, shorts, a skirt, etc., with no underwear.
Example Sentences
In 2010, Israeli commandos killed 10 people when they boarded Turkish ship Mavi Marmara that was leading an aid flotilla towards Gaza.
Afghan commandos, known as the Triples, supported the SAS and SBS for years in Afghanistan and were in danger of reprisal after the Taliban seized back the country in 2021.
Earlier this week a BBC Panorama investigation said Gen Jenkins had overseen the rejection of hundreds of UK resettlement applications from Afghan commandos who had served alongside the SAS.
If the Afghan commandos were in the UK, they could be called as witnesses - but the inquiry has no power to compel testimony from foreign nationals who are overseas.
Vladimir Putin initially denied having anything to do with Russia's capture of Crimea in February 2014, when mysterious masked commandos in unidentified green uniforms seized the local parliament and fanned out across the peninsula.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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