Meaning of suicide squad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A unit assigned to a particularly risky task.
   slang
2. a group of legislative councillors appointed by Prime Minister Sidney Holland to abolish the New Zealand Legislative Council (upper house), thus making the legislature unicameral.
   New-Zealand, historical, informal
3. Synonym of special team.
   slang

Examples

“The most violent men in pro football play on the suicide squads.”

“Prime Minister Sidney Holland is New Zealander of the Year for appointing a parliamentary suicide squad to abolish the undemocratic upper house, the Legislative Council.”

“Popularly known as the suicide squad, they accepted office on the understanding that they would do away with it.”

“It was decided that twenty-six councillors be appointed for this purpose’, but before the Cabinet could discuss the mechanics of the very political act of appointing the ‘suicide squad’ the Cabinet Secretary was asked to absent himself from this crucial meeting.”

“When National came to power in 1949, it restacked the Council — this time with the ‘suicide squad’. These members would accept a law to end the Council altogether.”

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