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wolfpack

noun

Meaning

  1. A family or other group of wild wolves.
  2. During World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.
  3. To gang up in a solitary target (like a wolf pack)

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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