hit squad

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   a team of assassins

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Questions about hit squad

What does hit squad mean?

hit squad means "a team of assassins".

Is hit squad a common word?

hit squad is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.