squad
[noun]
Synonyms: team, band, company, crew, force, gang, group, troop

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

squad W3 /skwɒd $ skwɑːd/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: escouade, from escadre, from Italian squadra 'square', from Vulgar Latin exquadra; ⇒ square²]

1. a group of players from which a team will be chosen for a particular sports event:
the Italian World Cup squad

2. the police department responsible for dealing with a particular kind of crime
drugs/fraud/vice etc squad
A controlled explosion was carried out by bomb squad officers.

3. a small group of soldiers working together as a unit:
a drill squad

4. American English a group of cheerleaders
⇒ death squad, firing squad, flying squad

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

squad
noun
ADJ. good, strong They've got together a good squad for the World Cup.
anti-terrorist, bomb (disposal), crime, drug/drugs, flying, fraud, police, riot, vice an early-morning raid by the police flying squad
assassination, death, hit | demolition | firing It was almost his turn to go before the firing squad.
football, rowing, etc.
SQUAD + NOUN detective, member, officer a fraud squad detective
car
PREP. in a/the ~ He's working in the drugs squad.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

squad
skwɔd
See: firing squad

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