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strike force
noun [C]Definition
› a group of people, especially soldiers or police officers, who are organized and trained to take strong, sudden action to stop something harmful or unpleasant from continuing: We need a multinational strike force to combat drug trafficking.Attacking and invading
(Definition of strike force noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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