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crack troops
noun as in shock troops
Example Sentences
This month, Gen. Robert B. Abrams, commander of the United States military in South Korea, said the North had deployed crack troops along its border with China with “shoot-to-kill” orders to prevent smugglers from bringing in the coronavirus.
“Yes, sir,” Ben yelled, sighting Matt and Karen tiptoeing down the stairs, “here come three hundred crack troops from the emperor’s own regiment.”
He had assembled 500 of the brightest and the best of the Brexit party’s crack troops – step forward Jay Aston from Bucks Fizz.
He told Elster that the Allies had 20,000 crack troops nearby and that U.S. and Royal Air Force bombers were ready to bombard the Germans into surrender.
The force has some of Russia's most sophisticated military hardware and crack troops from special forces units.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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