suicide squad

English

Etymology

An allusion to the risk of injury.

Noun

suicide squad (plural suicide squads)

  1. (American football, slang) Synonym of special team
    • 1971, LIFE (volume 71, number 23, page 3)
      The most violent men in pro football play on the suicide squads.
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