detachment vs squad

detachment

noun
  • A permanent unit organized for special duties. 

  • Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness. 

  • The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation. 

  • The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission. 

  • The unit so dispatched. 

  • The action of detaching; separation. 

  • Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity. 

  • Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed. 

squad

noun
  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. 

  • Sloppy mud. 

  • One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. 

  • A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen. 

  • A collective noun for a group of squid. 

verb
  • To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. 

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