commandolike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From commando +‎ -like.

Adjective[edit]

commandolike (comparative more commandolike, superlative most commandolike)

  1. Like a commando or commandoes.
    • 2012, Priscilla Mary Roberts, World War II: The Essential Reference Guide, page 103:
      Certain theaters of war spawned their own commandolike units, such as the Special Air Service (SAS) in the Western Desert […].
    • 2015 September 19, Dave Philipps, “In Unit Stalked by Suicide, Veterans Try to Save One Another”, in New York Times[1]:
      After the Marines, Tyler Wilkerson, also a Californian, became part of a commandolike team of Greenpeace protesters.