civilian
Example Sentences
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Beyond the fatalities among Iranian leadership, the human toll on civilians continues to mount.
From Salon
Balkhi condemned "the killing of innocent civilians" and called for diplomacy "preventing further escalation of the conflict".
From Barron's
The commission, the LAPD’s civilian oversight panel, ordered a study on the department’s license plate reader system that is expected to be completed this summer.
From Los Angeles Times
The minister said these attacks demonstrated how British military personnel and civilians were "at risk with a regime that is increasingly indiscriminate, widespread and uncontrolled in the attacks it is mounting".
From BBC
“We will not knowingly provide a product that puts America’s warfighters and civilians at risk.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
