Delta Force

British  

noun

1. (in the US) an élite army unit involved in counterterrorist operations abroad

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Example Sentences

The invitation reflects a head-snapping shift in relations between Washington and Caracas since US Delta Force operatives swooped into Caracas, seized president Nicolas Maduro and spirited him to a US jail to face narcotrafficking charges.

From Barron's

It is not necessarily surprising that the better-trained and better-equipped Delta Force soldiers emerged virtually unscathed, especially given their elite reputation within the most powerful military in the world.

From BBC

The spy agency’s close tracking of Maduro’s location, which leveraged other surveillance elements including stealth drones, allowed the Army’s Delta Force to nab him and his wife during the raid, people familiar with the operation said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"This was a military action involving Delta Force, involving the army, apparently involving thousands of troops, involving at least 150 military aircraft, perhaps involving dozens of ships off the coast of Venezuela and South America."

From BBC

Norris, the American action star, appeared in the 1986 film “The Delta Force.”

From MarketWatch