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Meanings of guard unit in English

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Subordinated to the KZ-Lagerkommandant, one of the main departments in the internal organisation of the Nazi concentration camps.

Related terms
Russian
элитное подразделение
Portuguese
tropas de elite
Catalan
unitat d'elit
Spanish
unidad de élite

Military unit type designation.

Related terms
элитное подразделение
Synonyms
Examples for "elite unit"
Examples for "elite unit"
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The Black Tigers are the LTTE's elite unit, groomed for suicide missions.
Reuters
2
The decision to use this elite unit of hard men reeks of macho recklessness.
The Irish Times
3
It's an elite unit which can be as good as any in the league.
Reuters
4
The specials are an elite unit directly under Ross's control.
Death angel
5
The SAS is making it easier for wannabe recruits to join the elite unit.
Radio NZ
1
Republican Guards units deployed around Damascus.
Reuters
2
The insurgents also descended on a Ukrainian National Guards unit in Donetsk, demanding that the troops leave or join the rebels' ranks.
The Guardian
3
In August, he transferred the command of some Republican Guards units to a newly formed force called the Presidential Protective Forces under his authority.
Reuters
Usage of guard unit in English
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He had joined the border guard unit in 1961.
Reuters
2
A large supply order or an inn too full could mean a guard unit on the move.
The Irda (Children of the Stars)
3
She pictured the control center of the mining operations, with the guard unit's barracks next to it.
Crown of Slaves
4
The column was part of the Russian border guard unit, under the Federal Security Service (FSB).
Reuters
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Considering their lord's reaction to the last guard unit's irresponsibility, that was a message none of them wanted to carry.
Burning up
6
Stem-Fulcher, Rudgutter and Montjohn Rescue were standing, surrounded by an elite militia guard unit, in a tunnel deep under Perdido Street Station.
Perdido Street Station
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Toby Jones, who played Truman Capote in the movie Infamous, will play the pompous Captain Mainwaring who leads the Walmington-on-Sea home guard unit.
Radio NZ
8
A young man escaped serious injury when he was rescued by a coast guard unit after falling from a cliff in Co Cork today.
The Irish Times
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But I'll have some National Guard units on standby just in case.
Patient Zero
10
Preparations were being rushed, however, to send the national guard units across.
The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders; Or, the Fighting Canadians...
11
Voice Authorization: Captain Anthony Pierce, Home Guard Unit Nine, Kingston Division.
Heaven's Queen
12
Military and National Guard units could move quickly only by air.
Moonfall
13
A National Guard unit took the Flying Beer Keg to Iraq in 2008.
Wired
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Coast Guard units and the army were searching for the other missing people.
Reuters
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States' national guard units often receive federal funding and training.
The Guardian
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Back in his cool little house, Semi-Autonomous Guard Unit A-367 is howling.
Snow Crash
Translations for guard unit