civilian
Example Sentences
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Most of the class held that what happened in Nanjing was horrible, and the people who committed it should be held responsible, but you don’t hold them responsible by killing 150,000 Japanese civilians.
From Salon
India has condemned the deadly 7 October Hamas-led attacks and expressed solidarity with Israel, while also voicing concern over civilian casualties in Gaza and reiterating its support for a two-state solution.
From BBC
"The continued attacks by all parties on civilian objects must stop," the UN human rights chief Volker Türk said last week.
From BBC
Another 20 Japanese firms face a blanket restriction on “dual-use” products that can have either military or civilian applications.
Fearing for her life, Mrie fled to Turkey, a country more welcoming than most to Syrian exiles, and starting working for a nongovernmental organization training civilian journalists.
From Los Angeles Times
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