Spetsnaz
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- noun
- /spɛtsˈnɑz/
- A well-trained Spetsnaz unit of similar size, perhaps reinforced by air, would be ten times more effective.
- Russian Spetsnaz
- Spetsnaz special forces
- Spetsnaz forces
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Watch on YouTubeWhat looked like Spetsnaz at the border, in the hotel I was staying in in Damascus, there were plainly at least two sets of Russian aircrew.
- What looked like Spetsnaz at the border, in the hotel I was staying in in Damascus, there were plainly at least two sets of Russian aircrew.
Examples
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A Russian Spetsnaz team has been sent into the area; we need to extract the doctor before they do.
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There are many Spetsnaz commandos.
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He and his men, they are former Spetsnaz members.
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Russian Spetsnaz members did this with regularity during the Cold War, as did the military of the US and other nations.
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Their "suitcase nukes" were for use by their special forces, the Spetsnaz.
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But perhaps a smaller force, one or two light armored battalions, even a Spetsnaz airborne regiment.
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And that's Sergei Radjenko, former Spetsnaz, and his bodyguard.
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One case in point is that few Americans are aware that the Spetsnaz cached tons of gear during the Cold War in the northwestern US for future use.
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Everywhere, posted against the walls like caryatids, stood guards in the red berets of the Spetsnaz.
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Both admitted being members of the 3rd Spetsnaz Brigade, on a mission to probe weaknesses in the Ukrainian defenses.
Synonyms
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A very well trained military group that carries out secret or dangerous missions
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spetsnaz is a Russian short form made from spets ('special') and naznacheniye ('purpose' or 'assignment'). So Spetsnaz literally means 'special purpose' and is used for Russia's special forces, which explains its modern meaning.