OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 18793

commando

/kəˈmɑːn.dəʊ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comando • escuadrón tipo comando
A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.
The most important objective was at Batna itself, where a group of three commandos each comprising ten men was to attack Deleplanque's sub-prefecture […].
tropa tipo comando
A commando trooper.
Ben Grant, 30, who spent more than five years as a commando in the Royal Marines, is part of group of seven ex-servicemen who arrived in Ukraine over the weekend to fight invading…
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