SPECIAL FORCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Special Forces mean? 

• SPECIAL FORCES (noun)
  The noun SPECIAL FORCES has 1 sense:

1. a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting

  Familiarity information: SPECIAL FORCES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECIAL FORCES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Special Forces; U. S. Army Special Forces; United States Army Special Forces

Hypernyms ("Special Forces" is a kind of...):

division (an army unit large enough to sustain combat)

Meronyms (members of "Special Forces"):

Green Beret (a soldier who is a member of the United States Army Special Forces)

Holonyms ("Special Forces" is a part of...):

Army; U. S. Army; United States Army; US Army; USA (the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare)