squad

  • 11squad — index assemblage, band Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12squad — 1640s, small number of military men detailed for some purpose, from Fr. esquade, from M.Fr. escadre, from Sp. escuadra or It. squadra battalion, lit. square, from V.L. *exquadra (see SQUARE (Cf. square)). Until the introduction of automatic… …

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  • 13squad — [n] team, crew band, battalion, company, division, force, gang, group, regiment, squadron, troop; concepts 322,365,417 …

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  • 14squad — ► NOUN (treated as sing. or pl. ) 1) a small number of soldiers assembled for drill or assigned to a particular task. 2) a group of sports players from which a team is chosen. 3) a division of a police force dealing with a particular type of… …

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  • 15Squad — For other uses, see Squad (disambiguation). Chain of Command of the British Army Unit Soldiers Commander Fireteam 4 …

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  • 16squad — noun 1 police, soldiers, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ elite ▪ an elite combat squad ▪ anti terrorist (esp. BrE), bomb, bomb disposal (BrE), crime (esp. BrE), drug …

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  • 17Squad XP — Infobox Website name=Squad XP caption=SquadXP.com: Girls, Games, Life, Fun! url=http://www.squadxp.com/ type= Social Gaming Community registration= Free owner= Squad XP LLC author= Kelly Gomes (K Rock XP) Carlos Noda (Rodder XP) launch… …

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  • 18squad — 01. A military bomb [squad] was called to a suburban shopping mall today after an anonymous phone call was made to a radio station claiming a bomb had been planted in a department store there. 02. An elite anti terrorist [squad] has been called… …

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  • 19squad — [[t]skwɒ̱d[/t]] ♦♦♦ squads 1) N COUNT: usu sing, usu supp N A squad is a section of a police force that is responsible for dealing with a particular type of crime. The building was evacuated and the bomb squad called... The club is under… …

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  • 20squad — noun (C) 1 a group of players from which a team will be chosen for a particular sports event: the Italian World Cup squad 2 the police department responsible for dealing with a particular kind of crime: drugs/fraud/vice squad: Officers of the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English