Operative

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NOUN

secret agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent

a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

private detective, PI, private eye, private investigator, shamus

someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

ADJ

being in force or having or exerting force

surgical

relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

effective

running(a), functional, working(a)

(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

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