combatants
Example Sentences
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Militaries at war can lawfully kill combatants, including members of nonstate groups such as Hamas, even under a cease-fire, said Rachel VanLandingham, a national-security-law expert and former judge advocate in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“Where do they put the threshold, that divides combatants and civilians?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
The Lebanese casualty figures do not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Japan is joining the war games as combatants for the first time, instead of mere observers.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
It had the effect of a referee’s whistle, separating the combatants from their clinch.
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
