combatant Definition
com·bat·ant (kəm bat′'nt; also, and esp.Brit, käm′bə tənt)
noun
a person who engages in combat; fighter
combatant Synonyms
combatant Usage Examples
Converse of object
- kill: Hart alleges that Barry simply killed unarmed British combatants without cause.
- become: Lovers became enemies, and enemies became fierce combatants.
- include: It will be marked by 13 countries across Europe, including the combatants of World War Two.
Preposition: on
side: There have been fatalities among combatants on all sides.
Adjective modifier
- unlawful: If the United States can decide when captured individuals are " unlawful combatants " why can't others do the same, or worse?
- clever: Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.
- former: A similar attempt to exclude former combatants was raised on the South African Police Training Committee, in March 1993.
- non: There can be no excuses for cold blooded murder of non combatants.
- illegal: President Bush Let me just say that these were illegal combatants.
- other: Traditionally, the main victims of warfare and armed conflict have been soldiers and other armed combatants.
Modifies a noun
- commander: Several generic command options are provided to help the combatant commander determine the best method to meet theater requirements.
- command: A unified combatant command is composed of forces from two or more military services.
- nation: However, in the climate of the day, senior military figures in most if not all combatant nations reigned supreme.
- status: In the spring of 1918 the Corps assumed combatant status for dealing with the last German offensive of March 1918.
- country: Because the Red Cross operated in roughly the same way in every combatant country.
- ship: This title contains particulars of all the combatant ships of the French Navy that served in WW2.
Noun used with modifier
- enemy: World Jewry declared an all out war against Germany in 1933 making all Jews possible enemy combatants.
- surface: The current plan is to deploy three Aegis surface combatants with ballistic missile defense ( BMD ) systems on board.
- child: Preliminary reports suggest that child combatants have been used extensively during the current conflict.
- non-: Another group volunteered for non- combatant services e.g. stretcher bearers, ambulance drivers, medical orderlies.
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