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Purple Heart

noun as in decoration

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On our last visit, we noticed a whole pallet of Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Silver Star certificates.

One had fought hand-to-hand combat and earned a Purple Heart in Korea.

Finally, without an Act of Terror designation, those wounded in defense of our nation will not receive a Purple Heart.

Granting the Purple Heart is just the first step in fully legitimizing and addressing PTSD.

But the regulation for the Purple Heart never makes any distinction between internal wounds or external wounds.

In Guiana the canoe is made of the bark of the purple-heart tree, stripped off and tied together at the ends.

Some wood-paths are found sprinkled with dog-violets, saxifrage, and with purple heart's-ease.

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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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