operational cell

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   a terrorist cell that performs clandestine activities

   Broaderterrorist cell

Questions about operational cell

What does operational cell mean?

operational cell means "a terrorist cell that performs clandestine activities".

Is operational cell a common word?

operational cell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.