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blocking units

blocking units is the plural of blocking unit.

Meaning of blocking unit

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

Questions about blocking units

What is blocking units the plural of?
Blocking units is the plural of blocking unit.

Words near blocking units in the dictionary

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

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