strike force
noun
1
: an armed force equipped to deliver a strong offensive or retaliatory blow
2
: a team of federal agents assigned to investigate organized crime in a specific area
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The Woman King, based on the incredibly badass all-female African strike force known as the Agojie, will have its world premiere at the 47th annual Toronto International Film Festival, EW can exclusively reveal. 
Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 19 July 2022 The Oscar winner debuts as General Nanisca in the first trailer for The Woman King, which shows the ferocious warrior recruiting the next generation for the all-female African strike force known as the Agojie. Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 July 2022 Members of the strike force have indicted 111 people in the last three years who prescribed 115 million pills. al, 7 May 2022 Send a strike force to Germany to bring Haspel back. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2022 Mbappé, Neymar and Messi, that strike force of the best there was, the best there is and the best there might yet be, prowled the field forlorn. New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022 Fearful of France’s influence, Britain very quickly launched its own archaeological strike force. Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives office in Houston said the area gun strike force was responding to the shooting. Steve Almasy, Rosa Flores And Rosalina Nieves, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022 Meanwhile, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in November the creation of a statewide housing strike force, intended to enforce laws promoting housing development and tenants' rights. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022 See More
Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 19 July 2022 The Oscar winner debuts as General Nanisca in the first trailer for The Woman King, which shows the ferocious warrior recruiting the next generation for the all-female African strike force known as the Agojie. Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 July 2022 Members of the strike force have indicted 111 people in the last three years who prescribed 115 million pills. al, 7 May 2022 Send a strike force to Germany to bring Haspel back. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2022 Mbappé, Neymar and Messi, that strike force of the best there was, the best there is and the best there might yet be, prowled the field forlorn. New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022 Fearful of France’s influence, Britain very quickly launched its own archaeological strike force. Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives office in Houston said the area gun strike force was responding to the shooting. Steve Almasy, Rosa Flores And Rosalina Nieves, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022 Meanwhile, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in November the creation of a statewide housing strike force, intended to enforce laws promoting housing development and tenants' rights. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1955, in the meaning defined at sense 1