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purple hearts

noun as in decoration

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In Afghanistan, I knew soldiers who earned Purple Hearts for very minor wounds sustained in combat.

Soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq give their bomb-defusing PackBots purple hearts and hold funerals for them when they die.

They have been shot down by enemy fire, injured by IEDs, and awarded Purple Hearts.

You would think a Vietnam War veteran with two Purple Hearts would appeal to the pro-military GOP.

In the movie, we learn that MacGruber has been awarded an unprecedented 16 Purple Hearts.

A bunch of fuschias—scarlet with purple hearts, drooped above her left temple.

And she smiled at the border of purple hearts transfixed with arrows, which surrounded the decorated panels of the wall.

And she smiled at the border of purple hearts transfixed by arrows, which surrounded the decorated panels of the wall.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Purple Heart, such as: badge, ribbon, accolade, award, bays, and citation.

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

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