"suicide mission" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: suicide missions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} suicide mission (plural suicide missions)
  1. (chiefly military) A task which is so dangerous for the people involved that they are not expected to survive. Categories (topical): Military Translations (Translations): Himmelfahrtskommando [neuter] (German)

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