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blocking unit

noun

Definitions

  1. A unit of barrier troops

    A unit of barrier troops; a military unit deployed behind or at the front line to shoot or otherwise prevent members of that military who attempt to desert.

    • The blocking unit of the 62nd Army contained the retreat of these units and restored the position.
    • There were 87 recorded instances of blocking unit deployment in 483 pre–World War I observations[…]
    • Dug in near Smolensk, he was a member of an NKVD blocking unit that marched behind the front lines. It was an innovation of the Soviet secret police designed to deter potential deserters,[…]

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