squad

squad
noun
1 police, soldiers, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ elite
▪

an elite combat squad

▪ anti-terrorist (esp. BrE), bomb, bomb-disposal (BrE), crime (esp. BrE), drug (BrE), drugs (BrE), flying (BrE), fraud (BrE), infantry (AmE), murder (BrE), police, rescue (AmE), rifle (AmE), riot, vice
▪

The serious crime squad have taken over the investigation. (BrE)

▪

an early-morning raid by a police squad

VERB + SQUAD
▪ lead
SQUAD + NOUN
▪ detective, officer (both BrE)
▪

a murder squad detective

▪ leader
▪ car
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the squad
▪

He's working in the vice squad.

2 sports team
ADJECTIVE
▪ good, strong (esp. BrE)
▪

They've got together a good squad for the World Cup.

▪ first-team (BrE), practice (AmE), training (esp. BrE)
▪ football, rowing, etc.
▪ cheer, cheerleading (both AmE)
▪

She was captain of the cheerleading squad.

▪ national, Olympic
▪ 16-strong, 22-strong, etc. (esp. BrE)
▪

They were part of a 36-strong squad.

▪ 12-man, 20-man, etc. (esp. BrE)
VERB + SQUAD
▪ lead
▪ join, make
▪

Maria failed to make the Olympic squad.

▪ assemble, build (both esp. BrE)
▪ announce, name (both BrE)
▪

England named their squad for the second Test against Australia.

▪ bolster, boost, improve, strengthen (all BrE)
SQUAD + NOUN
▪ member, player
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the squad, on the squad
▪

He spent last season on the practice squad.

3 group with particular task
ADJECTIVE
▪ firing
▪

He was led out at dawn to face a firing squad.

▪ assassination, death, hit, suicide
▪

He sent a hit squad after the chief.

▪ demolition
▪ truth (AmE, informal)
▪

He is a one-man truth squad on the subject of intelligence.

VERB + SQUAD
▪ lead
▪ form
▪

They started forming death squads.

SQUAD + NOUN
▪ leader, member

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