Usually means: Elite military units, specialized operations.
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  1. special forces: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Special Forces, Special Forces: Merriam-Webster
  3. Special Forces: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Special Forces: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. special forces: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Special Forces: Vocabulary.com
  7. special-forces: Wordnik
  8. special forces: Wiktionary
  9. Special Forces: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. special forces: Dictionary.com
  11. Special Forces (Alice Cooper album), Special Forces (Big Ed album), Special Forces (Maldives), Special Forces (Turkish Armed Forces), Special Forces (United States), Special Forces (United States Army), Special Forces (video game), Special Forces, Special forces (disambiguation), Special forces: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Special forces: Rhymezone
  13. special forces: FreeDictionary.org
  14. special forces: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Special Forces: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Special Forces: Encyclopedia

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  1. Army Technology Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (special forces)

▸ noun:  Elite military forces engaged in special operations such as guerrilla warfare or counterterrorism.

Similar:
u. s. army special forces, strike force, spaceforce, space force, FSSG, OPFOR, SFor, FECOMZ, flet, infantry, more...

Types:
DeltForce, Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Army Rangers, Marine Raiders, more...

Phrases:
United States Army Special Forces, u. s. army special forces, u s army special forces, army special operations forces, special forces group, more...

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Similar:
u. s. army special forces, strike force, spaceforce, space force, FSSG, OPFOR, SFor, FECOMZ, flet, infantry, more...

Types:
DeltForce, Navy SEALs, Green Berets, Army Rangers, Marine Raiders, more...

Phrases:
United States Army Special Forces, u. s. army special forces, u s army special forces, army special operations forces, special forces group, Special Operations Forces, more...



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