[
US
/kəˈmænˌdoʊ/
]
[ UK /kəmˈændəʊ/ ]
[ UK /kəmˈændəʊ/ ]
NOUN
- a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids
- an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory
How To Use commando In A Sentence
- It had multiple shooters, multiple locations, mobile threats, willingness to fight the first responders and follow-on SWAT/commando units, well-equipped and well-trained operatives, and a willingness to die. Cliff Schecter: The Terrorist and the Terror Watch List
- The gear, potentially the future of combat wear, enables soldiers and commandos to charge their kit on the move. Times, Sunday Times
- It was during the 1939-45 war, that the Royal Marines took on a commando role, linking the regiment to the Army Commandos that already existed.
- A warning shot was fired but he fled when none of the heavily armoured commandos was able to give chase. Times, Sunday Times
- Playing the leader of a four-member commando team and wearing a microphone headset, you could issue verbal orders.
- BTW for those speculating about what the commandoes did or did not expect, how about discussing the issue of raising the white flag? The Volokh Conspiracy » Greenwald and Gaza
- Commandos are inclined to shoot first and ask questions later.
- Though outnumbered four to one, the commando fighters cleared the entire headland. The Times Literary Supplement
- Navy commandoes slid down to the vessel one by one, yet then the unexpected occurred: The passengers that awaited them on the deck pulled out bats, clubs, and slingshots with glass marbles, assaulting each soldier as he disembarked. The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists”
- The commando force joined up with the airborne troops near the captured bridge.
