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combatant

noun as in fighter

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Since then, fighting has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who don’t say how many were combatants.

In either case, it’s hard to make out what’s going on or even which man has the advantage, as the combatants frequently curl up into a single lump of flesh.

The number of people killed in the war climbed well above 60,000, according to Palestinian health authorities, who don’t say how many were combatants.

The war in Gaza has left the enclave in ruins and killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who don’t say how many are combatants.

That can happen when a soldier is ordered to torture, abuse or kill an enemy combatant or, worse yet, to harm civilians.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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