special forces

NOUN

specially trained military troops

Synonyms

WEAK

Green Berets commandos elite troops guerrilla troops paratroops rangers rapid deployment force shock troops storm troops

Example Sentences

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Special Forces medic who has since worked with travel security companies, accompanied Brown on his 2023 trek to the South American pole, in central Brazil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

It was "not just one director that has known about this", he said in his evidence, adding that UK Special Forces leadership was "very much suppressing" the allegations.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Was it someone from Special Forces or the Navy or a Coast Guard vessel that happened to be nearby?

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

Special Forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to his biography.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

She cradled her weapon and moved swiftly to the Special Forces hootch and followed the others inside.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien