special forces

NOUN

specially trained military troops

Synonyms

WEAK

Green Berets commandos elite troops guerrilla troops paratroops rangers rapid deployment force shock troops storm troops

Example Sentences

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Special Forces medic who has since worked with travel security companies, accompanied Brown on his 2023 trek to the South American pole, in central Brazil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Was it someone from Special Forces or the Navy or a Coast Guard vessel that happened to be nearby?

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

Army Special Forces veteran Joe Hudak fought a daily battle against a voice inside his head screaming anxious, dark and dangerous thoughts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

They are led by former Special Forces soldier turned tech entrepreneur Yinon Weiss, according to a former senior Pentagon official familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025

Documents showed that President Kennedy sent Special Forces troops to South Vietnam in the spring of 1961, putting Americans into combat in Vietnam for the first time.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin