task force

1. 1.

   a temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective

   Broadermilitary unit

   military

2. 2.

   a semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing task

   Broaderunit

Questions about task force

What does task force mean?

task force means "a temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is task force a common word?

task force 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.