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shock troops

/ʃɒk truːps/

Tradução: Tropas de choque são unidades militares treinadas e equipadas especificamente para realizar assaltos, sendo frequentemente usadas para romper as defesas inimigas ou causar o caos na primeira onda de um ataque.

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/ʃɒk truːps/C1formalpolitical
  • ptTropas de choque são unidades militares treinadas e equipadas especificamente para realizar assaltos, sendo frequentemente usadas para romper as defesas inimigas ou causar o caos na primeira onda de um ataque.

Military units specially trained and equipped to lead an assault, often used to break through enemy defenses or create disruption in the first wave of an attack.

  1. Elite assault unitsC1formal

    Specially trained and equipped military units designed to lead an attack, often used to break through enemy lines.

    ptTropas de assalto

    • The general deployed the shock troops at the front line.
    • Shock troops are trained for rapid and aggressive assaults.
    • The enemy's defenses were breached by the shock troops.