combatant
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈkɒmbətənt/
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combatiente
- The brutal tactics used by both combatants during years of civil war have touched most of Angola's people.
- enemy combatants
- combatants and civilians
- unlawful combatants
What is the ability of the combatants to initiate combat?
- What is the ability of the combatants to initiate combat?
- Children are given drugs to reduce their fears and supposedly make them more fearless combatants.
- I think the what they did in Lebanon, taking out the the Hezbollah combatants was the most precise anti terrorist action in history.
- And basically it's the same through most wars and most areas of their combat unless you're fighting enemy combatants.
- Yes, but it very much keeps former combatants involved in the war and exposed to reprisals from the FARC.
- The ratio of civilians to combatants, which is what you raised with your question, is relevant as a general sense of, you know, how Israel is doing in this war.
- So no, I didn't see a lot of hurt non combatants.
- It is a strike first league that when the combatants go to the ground, they're they're stood back up.
- You know, they're just so virile, You know, they're warriors, the combatants.
Examples
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All societies have recognized basic principles regarding the proper treatment of combatants and non-combatants in times of war.
Academic text (1990) -
The battle stalled as the combatants on each side struggled to take control.
Fiction book (1992) -
First, each of you is now an enemy combatant.
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The fight is not over until one combatant perishes.
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If there is a gun on the table, it is most likely that both combatants will choose it.
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Neither of the human combatants paid her the least bit of attention.
Fiction book (1995) -
Whenever combatants come back from the field in one piece, we buy each other a beer.
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Multiple enemy combatants attempting to surrender at our position.
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Britain is able to project sea power across oceans against local combatants like Argentina in the Falklands War.
Academic text (1995) -
During the war, each combatant was given specific roles and responsibilities.
Synonyms
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A person who fights in battles as part of an army
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A person who fights for a cause or as a job
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Actively taking part in armed fighting or war
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An enemy soldier
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A person who fights in war or on military missions
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6.0
A person who fights in a battle or keeps fighting through hard times
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4.1
A person who fights bravely and with great force in battle
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A person, group, or country taking part in a war
A person who takes part in a contest or conflict as a main figure
Antonyms
How Fierce
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word combatant comes from com- 'with' and battere 'to beat', the same root as battle. So a combatant is a person who 'takes part in fighting'.