combatant

Example Sentences

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More than two dozen people were killed in Gaza, and more than a dozen in Lebanon in the attacks, according to local health ministries, which don’t say how many were combatants.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the UN, does not specify the number of combatants killed but indicates that more than half of the deaths are minors and women.

From Barron's

The enclave was left in ruins, and more than 69,000 people died, according to Palestinian health authorities, who don’t say how many were combatants.

From The Wall Street Journal

Initial reprisals by the Israeli army two years later have led to nearly 70,000 deaths of civilians and combatants, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

From Los Angeles Times

Lafayette Square in the first term, the use of federal officers in Portland, the rhetoric of “enemy combatants” applied to citizens.

From Salon