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Spetsnaz

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Special forces in Russia and other post-Soviet states. plural, plural-only

    "In the summer of 2014, at least thirteen BTGs and elements of five SPETSNAZ units were poised on the Ukrainian border.³⁶"

  2. 2
    Russian Special Forces wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian спецна́з (specnáz), abbreviation of войска́ специа́льного назначе́ния (vojská speciálʹnovo naznačénija, “special purpose forces/troops”).

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