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blocking unit

blocking unit noun: a unit of barrier troops; a military unit deployed behind or at the front line to shoot or otherwise prevent members of that military who attempt to desert.

Noun

blocking unit (plural blocking units)

  1. A unit of barrier troops; a military unit deployed behind or at the front line to shoot or otherwise prevent members of that military who attempt to desert.
    • The blocking unit of the 62nd Army contained the retreat of these units and restored the position.2015 April 28, Jochen Hellbeck, Stalingrad: The City that Defeated the Third Reich, PublicAffairs, →ISBN, page 58
    • There were 87 recorded instances of blocking unit deployment in 483 pre–World War I observations[…]2017 November 9, Dan Reiter, The Sword's Other Edge: Trade-offs in the Pursuit of Military Effectiveness, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 92

Forms of blocking unit

pluralblocking units

Questions about blocking unit

What does blocking unit mean?
Blocking unit means a unit of barrier troops; a military unit deployed behind or at the front line to shoot or otherwise prevent members of that military who attempt to desert.
What part of speech is blocking unit?
Blocking unit is a noun.
What is the plural of blocking unit?
The plural of blocking unit is blocking units.

Words near blocking unit in the dictionary

  1. blocking off
  2. blocking out
  3. blocking patent
  4. blocking patents
  5. blocking the box
  6. blocking unit
  7. blocking units
  8. blocking up
  9. blockings
  10. blockish
  11. blockishly

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