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storm trooper
noun
1
: a member of a private Nazi army notorious for aggressiveness, violence, and brutality
2
: one that resembles a Nazi storm trooper
Examples of storm trooper in a Sentence
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Ashwatthama swats away the storm troopers and their flying vehicles like so many bothersome flies, and exerts only slightly more effort by warding off Bhairava and his high-tech weaponry.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 29 June 2024
In April 1933, the Nazi storm troopers, the SA, began a campaign of vandalism and intimidation targeting Jewish businesses across Germany.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
The founder of the Sturmabteilung (Hitler’s brown-shirted storm troopers) appears bloated and exhausted on both of these large sheets, though each drawing is more humane, and therefore scarier, than a caricature.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Find additional Star Wars costumes here including a mandalorian, jedi and storm trooper.
—Latifah Muhammad, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Storm trooper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/storm%20trooper. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.
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