Definition & Meaning | English word TASK-FORCE

Definitions of TASK-FORCE

1. a temporary group of military units brought together, under a single commander, to accomplish a specific objective
2. (by extension) a similar group of individuals assigned a task

Examples of Using TASK-FORCE in a Sentence

• Ho Kwon Ping, a Singaporean business entrepreneur, was appointed to chair the task-force which determined that the new institution would follow the American university system featuring a more flexible broad-based education.
• The offensive began in late August, when the FANK task-force under the command of Brigadier-General Um Savuth converged on Route 6 and its objectives were two-fold: firstly, sweep away PAVN and VC forces along the road and recapture the rice paddies around Kampong Cham.
• The board appointed interim editors, and in November 2017 Sally Haslanger, Serene Khader, and Yannik Thiem were named as the governance task-force co-chairs.
• Nakasone was also given control of United States Cyber Command's Joint Task Force-ARES, a task-force designed to coordinate electronic counter-terrorist activities against the Islamic State.

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