Crossword clues for paratroops
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
paratroops
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Harvey gave him one of those Sorbo-rubber helmets that paratroops wear on practice drops.
▪ Obeying Yazov, he sent a force of paratroops to Moscow with far from clear orders.
▪ Stories circulated about paratroops and invasion barges.
▪ The paratroops, known as Task Force Red, dropped in two waves from C-141 cargo planes.
▪ They were supported by two battalions of paratroops and other crack forces.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
paratroops
n. infantry soldiers deployed by parachute
WordNet
paratroops
n. infantry trained and equipped to parachute
Usage examples of "paratroops".
There would be no hope of supporting the paratroops at Brekke now, no hope of the quick breakthrough that would carry the Soviets to victory.
Sunday, May 17 0353 hours Near the coast Amoy, China The Chinese paratroops above began firing automatic weapons, but they were at a terrible disadvantage.
Veyitkaddash, Shemay rabbah And so it was that, twenty-one years after it had died in Riga, a major of paratroops of the Army of Israel, standing on a hill in the Promised Land, finally said Kaddish for the soul of Salomon Tauber.