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commandolike

commandolike adjective: like a commando or commandoes.

Adjective

commandolike (comparative more commandolike, superlative most commandolike)

  1. Like a commando or commandoes.
    • Certain theaters of war spawned their own commandolike units, such as the Special Air Service (SAS) in the Western Desert […].2012, Priscilla Mary Roberts, World War II: The Essential Reference Guide, page 103
    • After the Marines, Tyler Wilkerson, also a Californian, became part of a commandolike team of Greenpeace protesters.2015 September 19, Dave Philipps, “In Unit Stalked by Suicide, Veterans Try to Save One Another”, in New York Times

Forms of commandolike

comparativemore commandolike
superlativemost commandolike

Origin of commandolike

From commando + -like.

Questions about commandolike

What does commandolike mean?
Commandolike means like a commando or commandoes.
What part of speech is commandolike?
Commandolike is an adjective.

Words near commandolike in the dictionary

  1. Commandment Keepers
  2. commandments
  3. commando
  4. commando cloth
  5. commandoes
  6. commandolike
  7. commandoman
  8. commandomen
  9. commandos
  10. commandress
  11. commandresses

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