noun
1 police, soldiers, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ elite
▪
an elite combat ~
▪ anti-terrorist ( esp. BrE ), bomb , bomb-disposal ( BrE ), crime ( esp. BrE ), drug ( BrE ), drugs ( BrE ), flying ( BrE ), fraud ( BrE ), infantry ( AmE ), murder ( BrE ), police , rescue ( AmE ), rifle ( AmE ), riot , vice
▪
The serious crime ~ have taken over the investigation. ( BrE )
▪
an early-morning raid by a police ~
VERB + SQUAD
▪ lead
SQUAD + NOUN
▪ detective , officer (both BrE )
▪
a murder ~ detective
▪ leader
▪ car
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
He's working in the vice ~.
2 sports team
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , strong ( esp. BrE )
▪
They've got together a good ~ for the World Cup.
▪ first-team ( BrE ), practice ( AmE ), training ( esp. BrE )
▪ football , rowing , etc.
▪ cheer , cheerleading (both AmE )
▪
She was captain of the cheerleading ~.
▪ national , Olympic
▪ 16-strong , 22-strong , etc. ( esp. BrE )
▪
They were part of a 36-strong ~.
▪ 12-man , 20-man , etc. ( esp. BrE )
VERB + SQUAD
▪ lead
▪ join , make
▪
Maria failed to make the Olympic ~.
▪ assemble , build (both esp. BrE )
▪ announce , name (both BrE )
▪
England named their ~ for the second Test against Australia.
▪ bolster , boost , improve , strengthen (all BrE )
SQUAD + NOUN
▪ member , player
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ , on the ~
▪
He spent last season on the practice ~.
3 group with particular task
ADJECTIVE
▪ firing
▪
He was led out at dawn to face a firing ~.
▪ assassination , death , hit , suicide
▪
He sent a hit ~ after the chief.
▪ demolition
▪ truth ( AmE , informal )
▪
He is a one-man truth ~ on the subject of intelligence.
VERB + SQUAD
▪ lead
▪ form
▪
They started forming death ~s.
SQUAD + NOUN
▪ leader , member