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SPECIAL WEAPONS AND TACTICS TEAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A squad of policemen who have been trained to deal with violent and dangerous situations
Synonyms:
Special Weapons and Tactics squad; Special Weapons and Tactics team; SWAT squad; SWAT team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Special Weapons and Tactics team" is a kind of...):
police squad; squad (a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime)