shock troops in English

noun
1
a group of soldiers trained specially for carrying out a sudden assault.
Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire.

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1. Herek and his shock troops are the target.

2. The Berserkers were the shock troops of a Viking Age raiding party

3. 19 The shock troops are: Eric,(www.Sentencedict.com) a chartered surveyor with a Doctor Who-length scarf.

4. Dremora Caitiffs are a low level rank of Dremora utilized by Mehrunes Dagon as berserkers and shock troops

5. “Shock Troops of the Confederacy: The Sharpshooter Battalions of the Army of Northern Virginia” is an excellent and very, very interesting read

6. The armoured Cuirassiers were the 'shock troops' of their day, ready to smash through any weaknesses in the enemy line and win the victory

7. These shock troops have grown into an entire Brownnose army with an air wing commanded by Sean Hannity and others at Fox “News,” and other virulent right-wing media outlets.

8. Antlions make excellent shock troops, once a pod is thrown, the Antlions will charge at an incredible speed and attack whoever is in the immediate vicinity of where the pod landed

9. Berserker, in premedieval and medieval Norse and Germanic history and folklore, a member of unruly warrior gangs that worshipped Odin, the supreme Norse deity, and attached themselves to royal and noble courts as bodyguards and shock troops

10. Berserker, Norwegian berserk, Old Norse Berserkr (“bearskin”), in premedieval and medieval Norse and Germanic history and folklore, a member of unruly warrior gangs that worshipped Odin, the supreme Norse deity, and attached themselves to royal and noble courts as bodyguards and shock troops.

11. In medieval Norse and Germanic history and folklore, the Berserkers were described as members of an unruly warrior gang that worshipped Odin, the supreme Norse deity, and were commissioned to royal and noble courts as bodyguards and ‘shock troops’, who would strike fear into all who encountered them.