NSW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does NSW mean? 

• NSW (noun)
  The noun NSW has 1 sense:

1. the agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare

  Familiarity information: NSW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NSW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The agency that provides units to conduct unconventional and counter-guerilla warfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Naval Special Warfare; NSW

Hypernyms ("NSW" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Meronyms (members of "NSW"):

Navy SEAL; SEAL (a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare)

Holonyms ("NSW" is a part of...):

Navy; United States Navy; US Navy; USN (the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces)

 Context examples 

No deaths or serious injuries were reported as of Monday morning, but the bushfires have caused extensive damage in rural areas of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW).

(Australian Wildfires Destroy Homes, Kill Cattle as Hundreds of People Flee, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"We can't be 100 percent sure that everybody is accounted for... but each one of those homes that have been affected by fire will need to be looked at and just confirm that," NSW Rural Fire Service Deputy Commissioner Rob Rogers told Australian Broadcasting Corp.

(Australian Wildfires Destroy Homes, Kill Cattle as Hundreds of People Flee, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)