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  Special Forces

  plural noun

  U.S. Army personnel trained to organize, instruct, supply, and supervise local forces engaged in guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency operations, and to themselves conduct unconventional warfare.
• special forces
  special forces

  plural noun

  élite, highly trained military forces, specially selected to work on difficult missions

Special Forces

American  

plural noun

1. U.S. Army personnel trained to organize, instruct, supply, and supervise local forces engaged in guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency operations, and to themselves conduct unconventional warfare.

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special forces British  

plural noun

1. élite, highly trained military forces, specially selected to work on difficult missions

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Dressed in shorts, sandals and a dark baseball cap, the former Ukrainian Special Forces soldier strolled back and forth, chatting with the receptionist and dipping repeatedly into a bowl of free snacks.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Nims was a former Gurkha and British Special Forces soldier who quickly became one of the world's best-known mountaineers.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Special Forces in a dramatic military operation in January, told the judge that he had been kidnapped and was a prisoner of war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Given the core objective in play, the President would also be justified in taking a risk to launch a Special Forces operation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Whatever Clancy had been expecting, it wasn’t two Psi Special Forces soldiers.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

El Salvador has deployed special forces to Haiti after four of its soldiers serving in a UN-backed force in the Caribbean nation went missing following a gang ambush, officials said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Men at the pool presented themselves to AFP as pilots or trainers, in some cases former special forces personnel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

He proved his worth and after officer training in Tel Aviv he was sent to Glasgow to join the Cichociemni, a Polish special forces unit trained for occupied Poland.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

These special forces can serve as “a quick reaction force to any challenges that are coming their way during the times while the general army is still being trained.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

They waded through burning waters and debris and lumbered ashore like nightmarish special forces.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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