combatant

Example Sentences

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"They were just staying at home," she explained, insisting they were not combatants.

From BBC

First, continue to degrade to a “militarily manageable risk” the missiles, mines, drones and unmanned surface combatants that could threaten U.S. forces and tankers.

From The Wall Street Journal

He says OpenAI got the same terms on the authority of combatant commands as the Pentagon offered to Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ukraine also enlists foreign combatants but does so overtly.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said this week that Colombo would follow the Hague Convention, which requires a neutral state to hold combatants of a warring state until hostilities end.

From Barron's