deserter

Example Sentences

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Firing squads have never been a predominant method of carrying out civilian death sentences and are more closely associated with the military, including the execution of Civil War deserters.

From Seattle Times

Wagner recently released a video of one of its members bludgeoning an alleged deserter to death.

From BBC

It’s too early to know whether the drone effort will lure Russian deserters in any meaningful numbers.

From New York Times

Calling for absolute loyalty in a war against the virus, Ms. Sun warned that any deserters would be “nailed to the pillar of historical shame forever.”

From New York Times

But the fighting units had little time to chase deserters.

From New York Times