commandolike

English

Etymology

From commando +‎ -like.

Adjective

commandolike (comparative more commandolike, superlative most commandolike)

  1. Like a commando or commandoes.
    • 2012, Priscilla Mary Roberts, World War II: The Essential Reference Guide, page 103:
      Certain theaters of war spawned their own commandolike units, such as the Special Air Service (SAS) in the Western Desert […].
    • 2015 September 19, Dave Philipps, “In Unit Stalked by Suicide, Veterans Try to Save One Another”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 1 May 2025:
      After the Marines, Tyler Wilkerson, also a Californian, became part of a commandolike team of Greenpeace protesters.
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