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black ops

black ops is the plural of black op.

Meaning of black op

Noun

black op (plural black ops)

  1. (informal) Clipped compound of black operation.
    • He describes Russia’s reported attempts to influence the 2016 US election as “the most cost-efficient black op in human history […]”2020 February 26, Will Dunn, “William Gibson on the apocalypse: “it’s been happening for at least 100 years””, in New Statesman

Questions about black ops

What is black ops the plural of?
Black ops is the plural of black op.

Words near black ops in the dictionary

  1. black opal
  2. black opals
  3. black open access
  4. black operation
  5. black operations
  6. black ops
  7. black oriole
  8. black orioles
  9. black out
  10. black oven
  11. black ovens

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