elite force

collocation in English

meaningsofeliteandforce

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withelite.
elite
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/iˈliːt/us
/iˈliːt/
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in ...
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force
noun
uk
/fɔːs/us
/fɔːrs/
physical, especially violent, strength, ...
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(Definition ofeliteandforcefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We want neighbourhood police to be seen as aneliteforce, not as a second division.
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We were told that thateliteforceof 5,000 self-contained personnel from two or all three services would be a rapid reaction force.
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Military parachuting provides one of the greatest peacetime tests for a soldier and every country regards its paras as aneliteforce.
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We can reduce to a small,eliteforce.
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It rests also upon the fact that by the very nature of wearing the red beret, and being involved in aneliteforce, morale is extremely high at all times.
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Numbering more than 3,000 at peak the division was considered theeliteforceof the revolution.
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It is regarded as aneliteforcedue to its stringent recruitment criteria of all armed forces.
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They were the second ranked in order within an army and generally considered aneliteforce.
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Today, thiseliteforcefor armed action plays a large range of operations.
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They were a heavily armed and armoredeliteforcethat often doubled as a chieftain's bodyguard.
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Consequently, aneliteforcewas created, composed of members of the militia who were prepared to meet regularly for military training and exercise.
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A small,eliteforcewas left behind for any scouting forces that would be sent ahead.
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The player takes command of aneliteforcethat has been created to fight the aliens in space.
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The basic criteria to joining thiseliteforceis that all applicants must be younger than 30 years old and to be of sound health.
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Additionally, aneliteforceof female soldiers was trained on the university's campus.
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So when the government sets up a clandestine crime fighting unit, they voluntarily joined thiseliteforcein order to gain justice and to protect the others, as well.
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The elite forced the armed forces to come under increasing civilian control, but they could not defeat the guerilla insurgency without the help of the paramilitary.
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After 1962, a stable balance of elite forces combined with bureaucratic growth and regularization led to the "locking in" of personal and institutional constellations at the core of the state.
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They are truly elite forces, excelling at what they do best.
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However, for our special and elite forces and for other specialist units, the interval is far too short.
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