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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Dozens of U.S. commandoes landed outside Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi’s Syrian hideout and warned people in nearby homes to stay inside, U.S. officials said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
He and several other residents, and a security official, said Afghan commandoes had launched an operation to clear the insurgents from the city.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2021
"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
The trucks took up parking spaces and blew their horns and acted like turkey-wielding commandoes.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2012
In the beginning of November, 1899, the commandoes of Rouxville, Smithfield, and Bethulie entered the Cape Colony at different points.
From In the Shadow of Death by P. H. Kritzinger
