SAS
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- noun
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SAS
- Thirty years ago he was a highly-trained SAS operative.
And it just says I'm the SAS, former SAS guy who haunted down Victor Boot.
- And it just says I'm the SAS, former SAS guy who haunted down Victor Boot.
- The first one I'm going to show you is an SAS Four Man Patrol.
- And, and he says, you know, SAS Special Air Service.
- And right behind that, there's an SAS testing ground.
- But yeah, the main ones that people lie about is Paras, SAS and Marines.
- Well Yogi, you know you may not know this but I'm very close to the SAS and Hereford.
- So they they had the exposure also more exposure to SAS and German special forces.
- I think SAS done so much for me though because I'd given up on myself.
- So one way of doing it was to join the reserve SAS, which was arduous.
- Am I bigger than SAS who dares wins?
Examples
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During the training, they learned techniques used by the SAS for stealth and tactical missions.
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He is a former member of the SAS, known for their expertise in covert operations.
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And under what conditions the SAS would take over from the police.
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When he was caught by the SAS in Northern Ireland,
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The SAS was waiting to take us out.
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You know that 22 SAS is in country right now.
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He served with distinction in the SAS.
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The SAS was deployed to handle the urgent threat posed by the terrorists.
Synonyms
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A small, highly trained group of British soldiers who do secret, dangerous missions
Surface Forms
Morphology
SAS = S + A + S
SAS is an initialism/acronym (Special Air Service); the letters are not productive English morphemes, so the meaning cannot be derived from component letters.
Etymology
The word SAS stands for Special Air Service, literally 'special', 'air' and 'service', so the name points to a small, elite British unit trained for secret and fast missions often using aircraft.