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special operations

special operations noun: a category of military operations with unusual and stringent requirements and methods, such as guerrilla warfare or counterterrorism.

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Noun

special operations pl (normally plural, singular special operation, attributive special operations)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) A category of military operations with unusual and stringent requirements and methods, such as guerrilla warfare or counterterrorism.
    • An officer who commands a special operations battalion.
    Synonyms:
    spec ops[w:clipped compound|clipped compound]]>, special ops

Synonyms of special operations

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  • special ops

Forms of special operations

singularspecial operation
attributivespecial operations

Questions about special operations

What does special operations mean?
Special operations means a category of military operations with unusual and stringent requirements and methods, such as guerrilla warfare or counterterrorism.
What part of speech is special operations?
Special operations is a noun.

Words near special operations in the dictionary

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  10. special pleader
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