SS
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- proper noun
- Offensive
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SS (Schutzstaffel)
- During World War II, the infamous SS was responsible for numerous atrocities committed against innocent civilians.
- Nazi SS
- SS under Hitler
- Waffen-SS
These were guys who as soon as I walked in, they've got swastikas, lightning bolts, s s stuff.
- These were guys who as soon as I walked in, they've got swastikas, lightning bolts, s s stuff.
- Out of this, the NSDAP emerging victor supported Berman throughout product of elite training and yet anterior to so-called S S Castle system.
Examples
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At the far end of the platform, flanked by several SS guards, stands Schindler.
Fiction book (1993) -
It is signed by the Senior SS Officer.
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A woman whose husband also was an SS man met the SS.
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Strange enough, my last patient was the father of an SS captain.
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You, general, will be responsible for the arrest of all SS officers.
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During the war, he was a Nazi SS, an officer.
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Four soldiers in the black uniforms of the Waffen-SS rode in the Volkswagen.
Fiction book (2000) -
Most were believed dead, but among those presumed still living was former SS captain Erich Priebke.
Academic text (2004) -
Two of the Waffen-SS troopers rushed toward a Berber position before being cut down.
Fiction book (2000) -
Adolf Eichmann, the SS Lieutenant Colonel and the principal organizer of the Holocaust, was another.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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6.5
A group of civilians trained and armed like soldiers to support or replace the army
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9.9
A group of armed people who served the Nazi party and ran concentration camps
A German Nazi group that carried out violent crimes during World War II
Surface Forms
Etymology
SS comes from the German name Schutzstaffel, made of Schutz 'protection' and Staffel 'squad'. It originally meant a 'protection squad' but became the Nazi government's elite armed force that carried out many crimes during World War II, including running the concentration camps.