commando
noun
(inWorld War II )
commandoes
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pluralof commando.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On the way, he connected with another retired general and a group of commandoes.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2023
The operation, which Akar said targeted the Metina, Zap, and Avasin-Basyan regions of northern Iraq, also included commandoes who have “entered the region by infiltration from land”, he was cited as saying.
From Reuters ● Apr. 17, 2022
In a world run by women, these daughter-retrieving commandoes would be at home.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2022
"Six-hundred men - military; they had army, commandoes, Royal Air Force, bloodhounds, Anson planes - and they still failed to find the twins."
From BBC ● May 25, 2018
They had no reserves to send down to the assistance of their forces in the southern borders, and could only assist these by withdrawing men from commandoes already in the field.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Louis Creswicke
