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Definition of death squad noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

death squad

noun
 
/ˈdeθ skwɒd/
 
/ˈdeθ skwɑːd/
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  1. a group of people who are ordered by a government, the police, etc. to kill other people, especially their political opponents
    • They started forming death squads.
    • People lived in fear of the regime's notorious death squads.
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