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Definition of Black operation
1. Noun. A covert operation not attributable to the organization carrying it out.
Definition of Black operation
1. Noun. A covert operation typically involving activities that are highly clandestine and outside of standard military protocol. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Operation
Literary usage of Black operation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Regional Peacekeepers: The Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping by John Mackinlay, Peter Cross (2003)
"The Federal Security Service organized and ran a “black operation” in Chechnya.
... With the failure of the “black operation” went any chance of using a ..."
2. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1842)
"72 hours . id. ? black. Operation in a bath of chloride of calcium, with syrup
to which fa of crystallised carbonate of soda was added. FIFTH EXPERIMENT. ..."
3. Internationales Centralblatt für Laryngologie, Rhinologie und Verwandte (1903)
"Melville Black. Operation zur Beseitigung von Spinae am Septum. (Operation for
the removal of septal spines. ..."
4. Regional Peacekeepers: The Paradox of Russian Peacekeeping by John Mackinlay, Peter Cross (2003)
"The Federal Security Service organized and ran a “black operation” in Chechnya.
... With the failure of the “black operation” went any chance of using a ..."
5. The Chemist: A Monthly Journal of Chemical and Physical Science (1842)
"72 hours . id. ? black. Operation in a bath of chloride of calcium, with syrup
to which fa of crystallised carbonate of soda was added. FIFTH EXPERIMENT. ..."
6. Internationales Centralblatt für Laryngologie, Rhinologie und Verwandte (1903)
"Melville Black. Operation zur Beseitigung von Spinae am Septum. (Operation for
the removal of septal spines. ..."