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barrier troops en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) Military units that are located in the rear or on the front line to maintain military discipline of the main forces by preventing desertion.
    • The Russian president has also claimed Ukraine was using its own barrier troops, “shooting their own soldiers in the back”. 2023 March 27, Pjotr Sauer, “Russian soldiers say commanders used ‘barrier troops’ to stop them retreating”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Synonyms

blocking unit · blocking formation · anti-retreat unit · blocking detachment · anti-retreat troops

Translations (8)

de Sperrabteilung (Translations) · fi sulkujoukot (Translations) · sv spärrtrupper (Translations) · de Sperreinheit (Translations) · cmn 督戰隊 /督战队 (Translations) · sv barriärtrupper (Translations) · ru заградотря́д (Translations) · ru загради́тельный отря́д (Translations)