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PRONUNCIATION OF STORM TROOPS

storm troops  [stɔːm truːps] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STORM TROOPS

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Storm troops is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STORM TROOPS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

storm troops

Stormtrooper

Stormtroopers were specialist soldiers of the German Army in World War I. In the last years of the war, Stoßtruppen were trained to fight with "infiltration tactics", part of the Germans' new method of attack on enemy trenches. Men trained in these methods were known in Germany as Sturmmann, formed into companies of Sturmtruppen. The infiltration tactics of the stormtroopers are still in use today, in one form or another. Other armies have also used the term "assault troops", "shock troops" or fireteams for specialist soldiers who perform the infiltration tasks of stormtroopers.

Definition of storm troops in the English dictionary

The definition of storm troops in the dictionary is shock troops. Other definition of storm troops is the Nazi SA.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STORM TROOPS


Cleethorpes
ˈkliːθɔːps
corpse
kɔːps
creeps
kriːps
incorpse
ɪnˈkɔːps
Jeeps
dʒiːps
keeps
kiːps
paratroops
ˈpærəˌtruːps
peeps
piːps
Pepys
piːps
SERPS
sɜːps
stirps
stɜːps
troops
truːps
turps
tɜːps

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STORM TROOPS

storm belt
storm cellar
storm centre
storm cloud
storm collar
storm cone
storm door
storm drain
storm force
storm glass
storm in a teacup
storm insurance
storm lantern
storm petrel
storm sewer
storm trooper
storm trysail
storm warning
storm water
storm window

WORDS THAT END LIKE STORM TROOPS

assault troops
combat troops
garrison troops
ground troops
household troops
oops
parachute troops
relief troops
shock troops
whoops
woops

Synonyms and antonyms of storm troops in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «storm troops» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STORM TROOPS

Find out the translation of storm troops to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of storm troops from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «storm troops» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暴兵
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tropas de asalto
570 millions of speakers

English

storm troops
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तूफान सैनिकों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قوات العاصفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

штурмовые отряды
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tropa de assalto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তুষার সৈন্যরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

troupes de choc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pasukan ribut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sturmtruppen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

嵐の軍隊
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폭풍 부대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pasukan badai
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quân bão
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புயல் துருப்புகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वादळ सैन्याने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fırtına birlikleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

truppe d´assalto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wojska burza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

штурмові загони
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trupe de furtună
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταιγίδα στρατεύματα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

storm troepe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stormtrupper
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

storm tropper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of storm troops

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STORM TROOPS»

The term «storm troops» is normally little used and occupies the 150.148 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STORM TROOPS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «storm troops» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «storm troops» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about storm troops

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STORM TROOPS»

Discover the use of storm troops in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to storm troops and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Gathering Storm
... 502; supply depots of, 423; a symbolic contribution, 429-30 brockdorfT, General, 280 Brownshirts (Storm Troops, S.A.), first units of, 49; development of, 53, 86; Hitler prepared to liquidate, 54; Roehm and, 55, 86-90; Roehm leader of, 62; ...
Winston Churchill, 1986
2
The Kaiser's Battle
The storm troops would have the assistance of a 'Feuer'walz' - a creeping artillery barrage that was timed to move forward at a rate of 200 metres every four minutes. Arrangements were made for rockets to be fired asking for the Feuerwalz to ...
Martin Middlebrook, 2007
3
Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and ...
It might be possible to thwart some of the heavy attacks being made against the main line there - attacks apparently designed largely to reach this stranded band of soldiers - if he were given the storm troops he had earlier requested to simply ...
Robert Laplander, 2006
4
The Encyclopedia of World War I: A Political, Social, and ...
Storm Troop detachment Storm Troops battalion German tank British term for location in Ypres salient known to be lethal Term derived from the French verb se dêbrouiller (to manage); equivalent to English “muddling through” and German ...
Spencer C. Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts, 2005
5
The World War I Reader
To supplement their special training and superb equipment, the storm troops were given extra privileges. The enlisted men were issued pistols, worn only by officers in the rest of the Army. Their food was the best the German Army had to offer.
Michael S. Neiberg, 2007
6
Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs ...
Communist spies in the storm troops ferreted out the route the Nazi parade was to take. Armed units of Red Front Fighters were stationed in advance on the roofs of houses along the route of the storm troop invasion. Charged with leading the ...
Jan Valtin, 2004
7
Ernst Jünger and Germany: Into the Abyss, 1914-1945
Storm troops were pivotal to the infantry's success, especially since Ludendorff, misreading Cambrai, continued to undervalue tanks. In effect, the storm troops were the Germans' tactical answer to them. Their leaders were assigned to find and ...
Thomas R. Nevin, 1996
8
Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' ...
Sutker, P.B., Uddo, M., Brailey, K., et al., "Psychopathology in War-zone Deployed and Nondeployed Operation Desert Storm Troops Assigned Graves Registration Duties," Journal of Abnormal Psychology 103(2):383-390, 1994. 254. Sutker ...
Joyce C. Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler, 1997
9
The First World War: The Mediterranean Front 1914-1923
These included elite German units trained in new tactics whereby assault troops ( 'storm troops'), advancing rapidly, by-passed centres of resistance and struck at the enemy's headquarters and gun lines. In one such unit served an officer with ...
Geoffrey Jukes, Michael Hickey, Peter Simkins, 2002
10
The First World War: The War to End All Wars
These included elite German units trained in new tactics whereby assault troops ( 'storm troops'), advancing rapidly, by-passed centres of resistance and struck at the enemy's headquarters and gun lines. In one such unit served an officer with ...
Peter Simkins, Geoffrey Jukes, Michael Hickey, 2003

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