shock troops
plural noun
1
: troops especially suited and chosen for offensive work because of their high morale, training, and discipline
2
: a group of people militant in pressing for a cause
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The relationship went both ways, with Hezbollah fighters serving as shock troops that bolstered Assad’s flagging army — an intervention the group justified as protecting Shiite minorities and shrines in Syria from Islamist and jihadi factions in the opposition.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Some of Ukraine’s new units will need six to nine months of additional training and some battlefield experience to prepare to serve as the shock troops and strike force for a 2025 offensive.
—Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2024
It’s set 49 years in the future, a time when surveillance drones swarm the skies and shock troops keep the order, truncheons in hand.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
Now more than ever, the political coterie and the shock troops are aligned.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Some of Ukraine’s new units will need six to nine months of additional training and some battlefield experience to prepare to serve as the shock troops and strike force for a 2025 offensive.
—Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2024
It’s set 49 years in the future, a time when surveillance drones swarm the skies and shock troops keep the order, truncheons in hand.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
Now more than ever, the political coterie and the shock troops are aligned.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Shock troops.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shock%20troops. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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