Synonyms for task force


Grammar : Noun


Définition of task force

Origin :
  • 1941, originally military; see task (n.) + force (n.).
  • noun group set to carry out a task
Example sentences :
  • I suppose they ran afoul of a Merokian task force, but there's nothing to go on.
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole
  • "That will be Satterfield and his task force," Jeff told the Chafis.
  • Extract from : « Traders Risk » by Roger Dee
  • They had a pretty good idea that we knew where our task force was.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • Craig guessed she was part of a task force scouting the south Pacific.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Warship » by Robert Moore Williams
  • Engineers, chemists, agronomists, all of us—we're the task force.
  • Extract from : « Where There's Hope » by Jerome Bixby
  • The colonel paused, half turned to glance at the commander of the task force, and then faced the pilots again.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • And so they were among the first to see the faint shapes of the task force low down on the horizon.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • The colonel stopped and grinned apologetically at the Admiral in command of the task force.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • Perhaps they sighted our task force and radioed word to their base before you put the lot of them out of commission.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen
  • Dawson just nodded, and let it go at that as he gave his attention to getting back to the task force as quickly as he could.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal » by Robert Sydney Bowen

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