NONCOMBATANT Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

noncombatant

noun

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as in civilian

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Recent Examples of noncombatant He is accused of shooting dead a noncombatant in a wheat field in Uruzgan province in 2012. —

Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024 Israel has blamed civilian deaths in Gaza on Hamas, saying the group endangers noncombatants by using schools and residential neighborhoods as bases for operations. —

CBS News, 10 Aug. 2024 More than 500 people in Lebanon have been killed by Israeli strikes since Oct. 8, most of them fighters with Hezbollah and other armed groups but also including about 100 civilians and noncombatants. —

Kareem Chehayeb and Mohammad Zaatari, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024 In poorly sited and badly run camps, tens of thousands of noncombatants died. —

Andrea Pitzer, Scientific American, 23 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for noncombatant