suicide squadn.

Brit.

/ˈsuːᵻsʌɪd skwɒd/,

/ˈsjuːᵻsʌɪd skwɒd/, U.S.

/ˈsuəˌsaɪd ˌskwɑd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: suicide n.¹, squad n.¹

Etymology: < suicide n.¹ + squad n.¹ With sense 1 compare suicide club n. 2.

1. colloquial (orig. Military). A group of soldiers taking part in highly dangerous operations; (later) any group of people whose work is considered exceptionally risky or dangerous. Cf. suicide club n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > squad, platoon, section, etc. > type of

awkward squad1796

ride1833

suicide squad1914

reaction force1923

1914 H. H. Taft Recoll. Full Years viii. 171 General Fuston, then a Colonel of Volunteers, was a conspicuous member of a small company of Army officers known locally as ‘the suicide squad’.

1928 A. C. Havlin Hist. Company A, 102nd Machine Gun Battalion 3 We were to serve as ‘suicide squads’ in the..26th Division.

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 13 June 15 If a ‘suicide squad’ job came along..it would be assumed that every man was ready for that sort of thing.

1989 J. McPhee Control of Nature (1990) 157 Workers up on the lava were known for a time as ‘the suicide squad’. They gagged on sulfur and suffered burns, but no one died.

2008 M. Dobbs One Minute to Midnight xii. 279 The technicians who had the job of reconnecting the lids on the silos referred to themselves, only half-jokingly, as the ‘suicide squad’.

2. American Football. slang.

a. The second or third squad on a team, typically consisting of less experienced or less proficient players. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1920 Indiana Daily Student (Bloomington) 28 Sept. The green clad freshman ‘suicide squad’ was brought into the arena and the new ground gainers were ‘tried on the dog’.

1946 Amarillo (Texas) Daily News 9 Oct. 6/3 The suicide squad is his third team, sometimes called cannon fodder or shock troops.

b. The squad of players used for kick-offs and punts. Cf. special team n. (a) at special adj., adv., and n. Compounds 2. [So called because such plays characteristically involve especially violent collisions.]

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player > specific group of players

defensive line1632

rush1881

rush line1882

offensive line1893

strong side1905

backfield1911

platoon1941

secondary1955

suicide squad1960

D-line1971

1960 R. Riger & T. Maule Pros ii. 122/2 He'll probably play on the suicide squad—the special team which kicks off or receives the kickoff.

1971 Life 3 Dec. 33/2 The suicide squads mix a little strategy with a lot of violence.

2008 Philadelphia Daily News (Nexis) 2 Sept. dn70 They do not call special teams ‘the suicide squad’ idly. Kickoff return men are especially prone to hard hits.

3. A group carrying out a military or (now esp.) terrorist attack with the intention or expectation of dying.

ΚΠ

1941 Foreign Affairs (N.Y.) Apr. 569 An enemy plane..could not undertake a round-trip raid totalling more than, say, 2,200 or 2,400 miles [to attack New York]. That is not sufficient even to enable a ‘suicide squad’ to make a one-way trip.

1941 C. Headlam Diary 10 Dec. in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) viii. 284 The impression is that Japanese dive bombers—suicide squads—did the job.

1974 Record-Argus (Greenville, Pa.) 13 Apr. 1/6 The funeral of eight children, five men and five women massacred by a Palestinian suicide squad.

2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 July i. 11/6 This movement toward a virtual normalcy to replace a mental state of emergency is at the mercy of any Al Qaeda suicide squad.

2011 New Yorker 17 Jan. 42/2 The Tamil fighters were in bunkers all around them. ‘Most of them were Black Tigers,’ he said, referring to the Tamil suicide squad.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suicide squad
释义	suicide squadn. Brit. /ˈsuːᵻsʌɪd skwɒd/, /ˈsjuːᵻsʌɪd skwɒd/, U.S. /ˈsuəˌsaɪd ˌskwɑd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: suicide n.¹, squad n.¹ Etymology: < suicide n.¹ + squad n.¹ With sense 1 compare suicide club n. 2. 1. colloquial (orig. Military). A group of soldiers taking part in highly dangerous operations; (later) any group of people whose work is considered exceptionally risky or dangerous. Cf. suicide club n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > squad, platoon, section, etc. > type of awkward squad1796 ride1833 suicide squad1914 reaction force1923 1914 H. H. Taft Recoll. Full Years viii. 171 General Fuston, then a Colonel of Volunteers, was a conspicuous member of a small company of Army officers known locally as ‘the suicide squad’. 1928 A. C. Havlin Hist. Company A, 102nd Machine Gun Battalion 3 We were to serve as ‘suicide squads’ in the..26th Division. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 13 June 15 If a ‘suicide squad’ job came along..it would be assumed that every man was ready for that sort of thing. 1989 J. McPhee Control of Nature (1990) 157 Workers up on the lava were known for a time as ‘the suicide squad’. They gagged on sulfur and suffered burns, but no one died. 2008 M. Dobbs One Minute to Midnight xii. 279 The technicians who had the job of reconnecting the lids on the silos referred to themselves, only half-jokingly, as the ‘suicide squad’. 2. American Football. slang. a. The second or third squad on a team, typically consisting of less experienced or less proficient players. Now rare. ΚΠ 1920 Indiana Daily Student (Bloomington) 28 Sept. The green clad freshman ‘suicide squad’ was brought into the arena and the new ground gainers were ‘tried on the dog’. 1946 Amarillo (Texas) Daily News 9 Oct. 6/3 The suicide squad is his third team, sometimes called cannon fodder or shock troops. b. The squad of players used for kick-offs and punts. Cf. special team n. (a) at special adj., adv., and n. Compounds 2. [So called because such plays characteristically involve especially violent collisions.] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player > specific group of players defensive line1632 rush1881 rush line1882 offensive line1893 strong side1905 backfield1911 platoon1941 secondary1955 suicide squad1960 D-line1971 1960 R. Riger & T. Maule Pros ii. 122/2 He'll probably play on the suicide squad—the special team which kicks off or receives the kickoff. 1971 Life 3 Dec. 33/2 The suicide squads mix a little strategy with a lot of violence. 2008 Philadelphia Daily News (Nexis) 2 Sept. dn70 They do not call special teams ‘the suicide squad’ idly. Kickoff return men are especially prone to hard hits. 3. A group carrying out a military or (now esp.) terrorist attack with the intention or expectation of dying. ΚΠ 1941 Foreign Affairs (N.Y.) Apr. 569 An enemy plane..could not undertake a round-trip raid totalling more than, say, 2,200 or 2,400 miles [to attack New York]. That is not sufficient even to enable a ‘suicide squad’ to make a one-way trip. 1941 C. Headlam Diary 10 Dec. in S. Ball Parl. & Politics in Age Churchill & Attlee (1999) viii. 284 The impression is that Japanese dive bombers—suicide squads—did the job. 1974 Record-Argus (Greenville, Pa.) 13 Apr. 1/6 The funeral of eight children, five men and five women massacred by a Palestinian suicide squad. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 July i. 11/6 This movement toward a virtual normalcy to replace a mental state of emergency is at the mercy of any Al Qaeda suicide squad. 2011 New Yorker 17 Jan. 42/2 The Tamil fighters were in bunkers all around them. ‘Most of them were Black Tigers,’ he said, referring to the Tamil suicide squad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1914
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