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tunnel rats

tunnel rats is the plural of tunnel rat.

Meaning of tunnel rat

Noun

tunnel rat (plural tunnel rats)

  1. (informal) A soldier trained to enter enclosed enemy spaces like tunnel systems to search them and eliminate and/or capture any occupants.
    • He had been serving as a tunnel rat with the 1st Engineer Battalion's team of “Diehard Tunnel Rats.” This group was based in Lai Khe and flew by helicopter to tunnel sites within the division's area of operations.2006, Douglas Bey, Wizard 6: A Combat Psychiatrist in Vietnam, Texas A & M University Press

Questions about tunnel rats

What is tunnel rats the plural of?
Tunnel rats is the plural of tunnel rat.

Words near tunnel rats in the dictionary

  1. tunnel of love
  2. tunnel plug
  3. tunnel ram
  4. tunnel rams
  5. tunnel rat
  6. tunnel rats
  7. tunnel running
  8. tunnel stern
  9. tunnel sterns
  10. tunnel vision
  11. tunnel-visioned

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