suicide squad
English
Etymology
An allusion to the risk of injury.
Noun
suicide squad (plural suicide squads)
- (American football, slang) Synonym of special team
- 1971, LIFE (volume 71, number 23, page 3)
- The most violent men in pro football play on the suicide squads.
- 1971, LIFE (volume 71, number 23, page 3)