Special Forces

plural noun

1. U.S. Army personnel trained to organize, instruct, supply, and supervise local forces engaged in guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency operations, and to themselves conduct unconventional warfare.

special forces

plural noun

1. élite, highly trained military forces, specially selected to work on difficult missions

Example Sentences

One wore an arching green patch in the style of Ranger and Special Forces tabs.

From Washington Post

Late last month the federal government forces finally took control of Mekelle, the capital city of Tigray, after 17 days of heavy fighting against the Special Forces and militia fighters of TPLF.

From Quartz

Despite the case, he still supports the Special Forces and what the Americans did for his country.

From The Daily Beast

Hikmatullah Shadman started working for American Special Forces teams in 2002 after the invasion that toppled the Taliban.

From The Daily Beast

There is no doubt Shadman used his contacts to start a very lucrative business providing services to Special Forces units.

From The Daily Beast

“My father told me these people are here to help,” Shadman said about the Special Forces.

From The Daily Beast

“I grew up with Special Forces,” Shadman said during a telephone interview Wednesday.

From The Daily Beast

But science and invention did not get on as long as men indulged in the notion of special forces to account for such phenomena.

From Project Gutenberg

She has concentrated herein the democracy of centuries, and the special forces of a hundred years.

From Project Gutenberg

Now this process of digestion is nothing mysterious, nor does it involve any peculiar or special forces.

From Project Gutenberg

This vital system differs according to the secret nature of the special forces peculiar to each.

From Project Gutenberg