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Sentences with noncombatant

non·com·bat·ant
N n
  • The general does not like noncombatant personnel near a scene of action.
  • There were more than 2400 noncombatant deaths in 2009.
  • The surge in noncombatant fatalities is considered particularly worrisome in advance of a major Western military offensive in Kandahar.
  • They have to decide on firing a missile even if it means causing noncombatant casualties.
  • Although about two-thirds of the noncombatant deaths are caused by insurgents, according to United Nations figures.
  • There were more than 2400 noncombatant deaths in 2009, the highest toll in eight years.
  • In BRIT, also use non-combatant
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