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strikeforce

strikeforce noun: a group in an organization such as the police or the army that has been trained especially for dealing with serious and urgent threats.

Noun

strikeforce (plural strikeforces)

  1. A group in an organization such as the police or the army that has been trained especially for dealing with serious and urgent threats.
  2. (figuratively) Collectively, the strikers in a team.
    • Liverpool's £58m strikeforce of Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez scored the goals that settled the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park - but Everton were left complaining bitterly about Jack Rodwell's controversial early red card.2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

Forms of strikeforce

pluralstrikeforces
alternative formstrike force

Origin of strikeforce

From strike + force.

Questions about strikeforce

What does strikeforce mean?
Strikeforce means a group in an organization such as the police or the army that has been trained especially for dealing with serious and urgent threats.
What part of speech is strikeforce?
Strikeforce is a noun.
What is the plural of strikeforce?
The plural of strikeforce is strikeforces.

Words near strikeforce in the dictionary

  1. strikebroken
  2. striked
  3. strikee
  4. strikees
  5. strikefire
  6. strikeforce
  7. strikeforces
  8. strikeless
  9. strikelike
  10. strikelist
  11. strikelists

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