commando
noun
com·man·do
kə-ˈman-(ˌ)dō 
plural commandos or commandoes
1
2
a
: a military unit trained and organized as shock troops especially for hit-and-run raids into enemy territory
b
: a member of such a unit
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Commando (1987) is about a strangely hilarious killing machine who dispatches dozens of less talented commandos to hell to rescue his daughter, played by sitcom star Alyssa Milano.
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John Devore, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
In January, Yale Hillel hosted a talk by Naftali Bennett, a former Israeli army commando, defense minister and prime minister, who was once considered a protégé of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s current prime minister.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Instead, hundreds of Russian commandos were slaughtered at Moshchun by a ragged mix of Ukrainian troops, policemen, national guardsmen and regular civilians, some of them armed with nothing more than hand grenades and hunting rifles.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
In a remarkable act of creation spurred on by the space race between America and the Soviet Union, science fiction television shows in the 1960s confidently came of age, emerging from campy low-budget offerings of space commandos amid cardboard sets and sparking rockets to more sophisticated fare.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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John Devore, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2025
In January, Yale Hillel hosted a talk by Naftali Bennett, a former Israeli army commando, defense minister and prime minister, who was once considered a protégé of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s current prime minister.
—Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
Instead, hundreds of Russian commandos were slaughtered at Moshchun by a ragged mix of Ukrainian troops, policemen, national guardsmen and regular civilians, some of them armed with nothing more than hand grenades and hunting rifles.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
In a remarkable act of creation spurred on by the space race between America and the Soviet Union, science fiction television shows in the 1960s confidently came of age, emerging from campy low-budget offerings of space commandos amid cardboard sets and sparking rockets to more sophisticated fare.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Commando.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commando. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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commando
noun
com·man·do
kə-ˈman-dō
plural commandos or commandoes
1
: a military unit trained and organized for surprise raids
2
: a member of a commando
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