Special-forces
plural noun
1.
U.S. Army personnel trained to organize, instruct, supply, and supervise indigenous forces engaged in guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency operations, and to themselves conduct unconventional warfare.
special forces
plural noun
1.
élite, highly trained military forces, specially selected to work on difficult missions
noun, adjective
See special ops
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