shock troops

Noun

Meaning

soldiers who are specially trained and armed to lead an assault

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Hitherto, the legions were regarded as shock troops employed only en masse and not broken up into detachments. Source: Internet

It’s outrageous since intersectional radicals who form the shock troops of the BLM movement, including cheerleaders for the Nation of Islam and its leader, Louis Farrakhan, as well as Al Sharpton, are themselves guilty of anti-Semitism. Source: Internet

The best of the mahalli were formed into units called grup-i zarbati (shock troops), semi-mobile groups that acted as reserve forces for the defense of several strongholds. Source: Internet

What about the vaunted “alt-right,” supposedly the populist shock troops of the Trump movement? Source: Internet

Based on Commander Shepard's battlefield experience, these machines are bought and sold just about everywhere, and they can do anything from serving as security guards to fighting as disposable shock troops in a conventional battle. Source: Internet

Trump's Border Patrol shock troops: So much for conservative "small government" Source: Internet

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