noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bomb disposal experts/team/squad/unit
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The device, which contained 400lbs of explosive, was made safe by army bomb disposal experts.
death squad
firing squad
flying squad
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the head of Scotland Yard’s Flying Squad
God squad
hit squad
pep squad
snatch squad
squad car
the riot squad (= a group of police who deal with riots )
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Then someone called the riot squad.
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Demonstrators clashed with 140 riot squad officers, drawn from the police and the British army.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
firing
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She is led out of the cell, and the firing squad is lining up.
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Facing him at the office next day was like facing a firing squad .
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Enough about the victims - what about the members of a firing squad ?
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People like me, who believed the firing squad had been assembled, were left with egg on our faces.
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The death sentence on Eduardo Díaz Betancourt was upheld on appeal, and he was executed by firing squad on Jan. 20.
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In 1923 three prisoners were executed by firing squad .
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Due to the youthful inaccuracy of the firing squad , few if any were killed at the first volley.
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Hustled through the storm and into the reception area he felt like some one on their way to a firing squad .
full
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Whitfield enjoys a comparative luxury tonight with a full squad available.
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The full squad is expected by Feb. 20.
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The cherry and whites have a full squad to choose from.
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Ward will have a full squad to choose from apart from former Hartlepool defender Tony Barratt, who has a calf strain.
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Seaham will have a full squad for their home game with Blue Star.
hit
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The hit squad blew her vehicle off the road, and she was lucky to have jumped clear before the main explosion.
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These are the animal fundamentalists organized into hit squads .
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They say a Middle East hit squad was involved.
national
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Particular attention should be paid to the section linking regional and national squad development where this is desired and appropriate.
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They are among the national squad scullers competing who are seeking a place in the Olympic team.
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With this in mind the Hong Kong U24 squad will also become part of the national squad.
special
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The Hong Kong police special triad squad responded with pressure of its own, according to McNicol.
strong
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New signings David James and Paul Stewart have further strengthened a strong squad that has been rejuvenated in the last year.
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That thought is too depressing for words ... player for player we are probably the strongest squad in the premier league.
vice
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It wasn't exactly an exciting party, but the vice squad knocked on the door.
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Jim Duncan of the vice squad .
■ NOUN
bomb
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The police had sealed off only part of the city centre while the bomb squad investigated.
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All of the bombs were removed and disabled by the New York Police Department bomb squad before they exploded.
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The way Max's biological clock is ticking, it's a wonder Emma didn't call out the bomb squad .
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The bomb squad also was summoned to examine one other package that proved to be harmless.
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KINETON/Warwickshire Time allowed 02:24 It's a training exercise ... but for the bomb squad this scenario is disturbingly real.
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In each instance, the explosives were removed by a New York police bomb squad to a basement.
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The device, discovered inside a Ford Transit van, was made safe after controlled explosions carried out by bomb squad officers.
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The bomb squad took the device to the basement and disarmed it by inundating it with a water cannon.
car
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She saw prisoners being hauled out of squad cars up to the doors.
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Glover opened his eyes and saw a white and blue squad car easing around the north bend on Mirror Lake Road.
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One of the squad cars was standing empty.
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They gon na be parked in a squad car on Fox Street, right off Prospect.
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Two young officers waited while he shaved and dressed before leading him to an unmarked squad car .
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They told me to get in the squad car and we drove right up to it.
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With sirens blaring and amber lights flashing, the squad cars slewed to a halt at the rear of a war-torn Cadillac.
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Yet when crime rates rise, the police buy more squad cars .
crime
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Presumably it would be the Yard who investigated this one, rather than the regional crime squad .
cup
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Ask Tony Pickard what he could do with an additional £250,000 for the development and training of the Davis Cup squad .
death
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The death squad published a statement claiming they would cut off the head of every Committee member.
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This old man had already lost two sons-both journalists-to death squads .
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But at the same time last year 42 people had lost their lives at the hands of the roaming death squads .
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Torture has been widely used by both security forces and death squads .
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Those trained allegedly formed a death squad which directed its activity against pro-ANC activists.
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Reformists allege that the killings were part of a campaign by state-sponsored death squads to silence dissent.
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Whole villages have been massacred by extremists and faceless death squads .
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This was the group, formally under army control, that operated as a death squad during the rule of Ferdinand Marcos.
detective
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His father, David Ashworth, is wanted for questioning by murder squad detectives but yesterday he was still missing.
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David Ashworth was being brought back to Merseyside for interview after inquiries led murder squad detectives to Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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Bomb squad detectives were called when initial reports suggested animal rights campaigners were responsible.
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Murder squad detectives can hold and question the boys until 7am tomorrow.
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Outside London a murder squad detective might have one or two.
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Murder squad detectives , led by Detective Superintendent Stan Fletcher, sealed off the area while forensic tests were carried out.
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Murder squad detectives have warned that Mr Ashworth should not be approached.
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Murder squad detectives were questioning four men yesterday.
drug
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It was last August that drug squad officers raided a barn at Chalford near Stroud.
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Melvin Blizzard, a drug squad supervisor.
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August 20: Cannabis plants worth £2,500 seized by drugs squad officers at a house in the Waterside area of Londonderry.
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On January 1, 1982, Coetzee was transferred too the drugs squad .
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Attempts to control drug use, through the formation of drug squads , helped to amplify it.
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Detective Sergeant Kenneth Simpson of the Strathclyde police's drugs squad knows the type of man he is looking for.
fraud
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She wasn't on the plane and West Mercia fraud squad have asked Interpol to investigate.
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I picks up the phone and dialled a special number for the fraud squad .
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If I can't get the information I want any other way I shall ask the fraud squad to make inquiries.
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It is the first time the fraud squad has been directly accused of leaking the report.
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Twenty years later saw the creation of provincial fraud squads .
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In the metropolitan police there is only one fraud squad officer for every hundred officers.
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When the receivers were called in, fraud squad officers seized eight tons of documents.
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Although the authors were charged by the fraud squad , they were not prosecuted.
member
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Five other squad members were with the Merseyside B squad last season.
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The value covers the 22 first team squad members and 15 young professionals.
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Country by country, this superb book covers all last season's League and Cup results and squad members .
officer
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Drugs squad officers in Wiltshire discovered another drug factory in the bedroom of a council house yesterday.
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In recent weeks, drugs squad officers have seized quantities of crack cocaine in Gloucester and Stroud.
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It was last August that drug squad officers raided a barn at Chalford near Stroud.
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August 20: Cannabis plants worth £2,500 seized by drugs squad officers at a house in the Waterside area of Londonderry.
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In the metropolitan police there is only one fraud squad officer for every hundred officers.
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When the receivers were called in, fraud squad officers seized eight tons of documents.
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Drugs squad officers want doctors and hospitals to pass on information about any traces of crack found in patients during emergency treatments.
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The device, discovered inside a Ford Transit van, was made safe after controlled explosions carried out by bomb squad officers .
practice
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Reese was signed by the 49ers in 1996 and spent the season on the practice squad .
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Reese was released on Aug. 24 of this year and again signed to the practice squad .
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Montez and Wylie may return to join the practice squad .
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He was kicked when he tackled fullback LaMonte Coleman, a member of the practice squad .
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They thus activated fullback Jerone Davison and safety Lamar Lyons from the practice squad .
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Assuming Manuel clears waivers, the 49ers said they would sign him to their practice squad .
riot
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And loyalists claim a second inmate was blinded for 48 hours after riot squad prison officers turned high-powered hose on his face.
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Special riot squads were ordered in from outside the city to deal with the gangs.
■ VERB
call
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The way Max's biological clock is ticking, it's a wonder Emma didn't call out the bomb squad .
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When triggered, the alarm seems to call in squads of immune cells that surround tuberculosis bacteria and keep them from spreading.
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When the receivers were called in, fraud squad officers seized eight tons of documents.
face
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Royle has named five Goodison old boys in the 16-man squad to face the club where he started his career.
fire
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Not all wartime firing squads acted in accordance with the Geneva Convention, however.
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He has stated that he chose the firing squad to make it hard for Utah to carry it out.
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This has sent hundreds of murderers and drug dealers to firing squads after being paraded at public rallies.
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Billy had heard that one man in each firing squad was customarily given a rifle loaded with blank cartridge.
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So just before the firing squad is ordered to shoot, the unconscious man is pinched awake.
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Meanwhile, Switzer faces a firing squad each day.
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But last week one murderer was shot by a firing squad .
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No firing squads as in Idaho and Utah.
include
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Presumably, a player wouldn't be included in a squad if he's not 100 percent fit.
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Goalkeepers Steve Sherwood and Paul Reece have had injury problems this week both are included in the squad .
join
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Henry Honiball had joined up with the squad by Wednesday morning.
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Montez and Wylie may return to join the practice squad .
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He was confident that Barnes would have trained without discomfort before being dispatched to join the squad at their Buckinghamshire headquarters.
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Garryowen's Richard Wallace will fly out tomorrow to join the squad .
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She joined the Boat Race squad last January and quickly took over the Blue boat.
lead
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It is unclear who is leading the militia squads .
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It was very effective and led to some good squad leaders.
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Havelock, 23, will lead the youngest-ever squad into international action at Oxford next week.
name
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Brian Horton has named a squad of 15.
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Manager, John Sillett, has named a squad of 14.
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Glendenen will be named in the squad for the match against Derbyshire at Chesterfield, starting tomorrow.
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Donovan looks set to be named in the Albion squad for today's trip to Burnley.
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Tait is named in a squad that also includes veteran Kevan Smith and teenager Adam Reed.
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But by naming a larger squad than normal, Eriksson will be able to sidestep the issue.
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United have named a squad of 14.
pick
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It was a move that clearly suited him for the following season he was picked for the county squad .
play
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Some of this season's squad played under Doyle in the mid-'80s and they especially resent his criticisms.
send
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Now it involves sending squads of well-armed and well-trained fighters deeper into the territory.
set
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Teamsters International President Ron Carey set up a squad of experts to help local presidents restructure and lift membership.
strengthen
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Lawrence could strengthen his squad for a final promotion push.
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New signings David James and Paul Stewart have further strengthened a strong squad that has been rejuvenated in the last year.
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Chapman strengthened his squad by buying Charlie Jones from Nottingham Forest.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the God squad
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a football squad
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Only two starting players are returning from last year's women's basketball squad .
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Vivian McGrath was the star of the 1938 Davis Cup squad .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An encouraging aspect was that each of the three new caps in the squad contributed to the victory.
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But in this squad system the axe does not fall easily.
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Commandos would land from the destroyer and from coastal forces motorboats in small assault parties, demolition squads, and protection parties.
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For unknown reasons, a squad of police marched into the black suburb of Brownsville.
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If he comes through unscathed, he can be added to the squad .
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Outside London a murder squad detective might have one or two.