night ops
After-dark military actions
Night ops is military and tactical slang for night operations—missions conducted under cover of darkness.
The term appears in military contexts, video games, and action films: The team geared up for night ops.
It can extend loosely to any covert or late-night activity: I'm on night ops tonight—the baby won't sleep.
- covertIntentionally concealed
- covert operationUnacknowledged governmental action
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- darknessTotal absence of light
- missionPurpose-driven task
tactical · tactical advantage · clandestine · infiltration · behind enemy lines · surveillance · commando · raid · special forces · blackout · reconnaissance · low profile · radio silence · extraction · insertion · drop zone · goggles · infrared
- stealthsneak, ninja, creep, spy, skulk
- guerrilla warfareguerrilla, guerrilla tactics, guerrilla fighter, partisan, partisan warfare
- Special Opsspecial forces, Navy SEALs, SAS, operators, operator
- aviationaircraft, airports, flying, flight, airplane
- burglaryburglar, housebreaking, break-in, home invasion, intruder
- jungle warfareguerrilla tactics, dense foliage, jungle boots, machete, infiltration
night opsconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
frontal assault · shock and awe · training exercises · peacekeeping operations · humanitarian missions
night, ops, nights, nightly, nighttime, overnight, midnight, fortnight, operations