The sub-machine-gun had been developed in Germany in 1917-18 as a weapon for storm troops, a short-range automatic weapon firing pistol ammunition.
Our informant watched in disbelief as storm troops completely destroyed a house belonging to someone he knew who now resides in South Africa.
1.1historical The Nazi political militia; the Brownshirts.
〈史〉（纳粹的）冲锋队；纳粹党徒，褐衫党徒
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Seven of the highest commanders of the Storm Troops have been summarily shot.
S. S. Storm Troops guarded the house but Reichswehr soldiers, sent by President von Hindenburg to guard his favorite statesman, stood watch inside.
The Storm Troops or ‘Brownshirts’ were organized initially to serve as a protective force at Nazi Party meetings and placed under the leadership of Captain Ernst Röhm.
By Wednesday the prime minister appeared to believe that only 90-day detention stood between Britain and the imminent arrival of Hitler's storm troops.
The polls opened at 8 o'clock, but in Berlin Storm Troops, Hitler Youth Troops and Nazi labor union groups took to the streets as early as 6 o'clock to wake the populace by shouting at them to do their duty.
Derivatives
storm trooper
nounˈstɔːm ˌtruːpə
1A soldier trained specially for carrying out a sudden assault.
a small crew surrounded by riot-geared storm troopers
1.1historical A member of the Nazi political militia.
1.2A vigorous advocate or defender of a cause.
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It was written by a storm trooper, Horst Wessel, who was killed in a street fight with communists in 1930.
Unlike soldiers burdened with weighty kit etc, the storm troopers carried little except weaponry (such as flame throwers) that could cause much panic, as proved to be the case in this attack.
His literary output - over 60 books - covered a wide range of topics, from science to philosophy, politics, and fiction, but he first achieved fame as a WWI storm trooper.
Nazi storm troopers stormed the offices of the trade unions
the storm troopers of political correctness
Definition of storm troops in US English:
storm troops
plural noun
1
another term for shock troops
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Our informant watched in disbelief as storm troops completely destroyed a house belonging to someone he knew who now resides in South Africa.
The sub-machine-gun had been developed in Germany in 1917-18 as a weapon for storm troops, a short-range automatic weapon firing pistol ammunition.
1.1historical The Nazi political militia.
Example sentencesExamples
The Storm Troops or ‘Brownshirts’ were organized initially to serve as a protective force at Nazi Party meetings and placed under the leadership of Captain Ernst Röhm.
By Wednesday the prime minister appeared to believe that only 90-day detention stood between Britain and the imminent arrival of Hitler's storm troops.
Seven of the highest commanders of the Storm Troops have been summarily shot.
The polls opened at 8 o'clock, but in Berlin Storm Troops, Hitler Youth Troops and Nazi labor union groups took to the streets as early as 6 o'clock to wake the populace by shouting at them to do their duty.
S. S. Storm Troops guarded the house but Reichswehr soldiers, sent by President von Hindenburg to guard his favorite statesman, stood watch inside.