squad

[US]/skwɒd/
[UK]/skwɑːd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a small group within a military unit, especially in the army

Phrases & Collocations

police squad

special forces squad

firefighting squad

elite squad

squad leader

firing squad

bomb squad

cheering squad

squad car

vice squad

death squad

Example Sentences

an inquiry into the squad's practices.

the riot squad gave no quarter.

They secured the suspect in the squad car.

a squad of army goons waving pistols.

news squads powwowed nervously.

The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.

The troops dressed on the squad leader.

A squad of our troops held off six attacks of a numerically superior enemy.

this season's squad has a lot of old faces in it.

,Nackte Pistole, Die,Nakna polisen, Den,Police Squad!

he knitted together a squad of players other clubs had disregarded.

the Fulham defender has been recalled to the Welsh squad for the World Cup.

anti-terrorist squad officers sealed off the area to search for possible bombs.

rioting students belabored by squads of police officers;

The Fraud Squad are hard on her track and she's trying to get out of the country.

Shadowstrike - The Exarch and his squad may use the infiltrate special rule (N.B. does not include a Autarch).

The final exercise pitted a counterterrorism squad against an escaping vehicle of balaclava-clad men who holed up in a concrete building.

worth nothing that petty crime rates tend to rise when ratling squads are attached to regiments.

Real-world Examples

And NYPD, they stopped traffic, sent in a bomb squad.

Source: NPR News October 2018 Collection

Well, no. We're not like some psycho, you know, marine squad.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

And there was another squad about Aunt Pitty's house, waiting for Frank.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Edilson who played in Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning squad denies the charges.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2015

Or geek squad here catches a bullet.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

How far will your squad go for you?

Source: Asap SCIENCE Selection

His planet was destroyed by Clorgon death squads.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 2 (Bilingual)

Bomb squad thinks the explosive used was Tovex.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

They say they have established that the death squad operated under directly orders of the president.

Source: BBC Listening May 2018 Compilation

Brandi Levy made the vulgar post while off-campus, after failing to make the varsity cheerleading squad.

Source: PBS English News

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