wolf pack
Americannoun
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a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.
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a group of wolves hunting together.
Etymology
Origin of wolf pack
1890–95 wolf pack for def. 2; 1940–45 wolf pack for def. 1
Example Sentences
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When a wolf pack brings down prey, ravens are often the first to show up.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
A flotilla of uncrewed "wolf pack" drone boats has successfully been used to escort warships in a Royal Navy and Army trial.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025
They were impossible to miss — part wolf pack, part brotherhood, pure energy.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
In the 1990s, about seven decades after the last wolf pack was killed in Yellowstone National Park, officials relocated 41 gray wolves to the park.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024
The Beats laughed and jumped around like the wolf pack Clayton imagined when he’d first seen them so many train stations ago.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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