Suicide squad
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Suicide squad may refer to:
- any group that carries out a suicide attackSuicide attackA suicide attack is a type of attack in which the attacker expects or intends to die in the process.- Historical :...
; - Suicide SquadSuicide SquadThe Suicide Squad, also known as Task Force X , is a name for two fictional organizations in the DC Comics Universe. The first version debuted in The Brave and the Bold #25 , and the second in Legends #3...
, a fictional organization featured in DC Comics, - "Suicide Squad", a group of physicists prepared to pour a cadmium solution on Chicago Pile-1Chicago Pile-1Chicago Pile-1 was the world's first man-made nuclear reactor. CP-1 was built on a rackets court, under the abandoned west stands of the original Alonzo Stagg Field stadium, at the University of Chicago. The first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was initiated in CP-1 on December 2, 1942...
in the event of a meltdown. http://jnm.snmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/18/6/588.pdf - A nickname for certain members of the GALCIT program's rocket research project.
- Suicide Squad (hooligan firm)Suicide Squad (hooligan firm)The Suicide Squad is a football hooligan firm linked to the English Championship team, Burnley F.C.The self imposed title is derived from previous behaviour at away games where the single minded involvement in violence against overwhelming odds could be described as suicidal...
, a group of soccer hooligans in England. - In New Zealand history, the suicide squad: twenty politicians appointed in 1950 to the New Zealand Legislative CouncilNew Zealand Legislative CouncilThe Legislative Council of New Zealand was the upper house of the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 until 1951. Unlike the lower house, the New Zealand House of Representatives, the Legislative Council was appointed.-Role:...
to assist passage of an Act of Parliament to abolish the Council.