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单词 combat fatigue
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combat fatigue

noun

: post-traumatic stress disorder occurring under wartime conditions (such as combat) that cause intense stress : battle fatigue, shell shock
Nearly a half-million American soldiers were battle casualties during the fighting in Europe; by 1945 another 111,000 neuropsychiatric cases—then usually called combat fatigue—had been treated. Roger J. Spiller
The psychological strain he continues to endure has had many names over the years. In World War I, it was shell shock. In World War II, it was combat fatigue Steven Lee Meyers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Many World War II veterans suffered from combat fatigue, long before post-traumatic stress disorder was diagnosed as an affliction in 1980. Fox News, 5 Aug. 2022 Artificial-intelligence algorithms aren’t bothered by combat fatigue the way human operators are. Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021 Bingham also devoted more time working on his cardiovascular fitness to combat fatigue. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2021 My colleagues, CFO Kelly Steckelberg and COO Aparna Bawa, encounter and combat fatigue in different ways from me, and from each other. Eric S. Yuan For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 4 May 2021 Police-reform protesters across the country hope to combat fatigue and preserve the momentum of the movement. WSJ, 13 June 2020 The hospital called it combat fatigue, a common diagnosis for soldiers at the time. Jessica Stahl, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2018 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

combat fatigue

noun

com·​bat fatigue ˈkäm-ˌbat- How to pronounce combat fatigue (audio)
: post-traumatic stress disorder occurring under wartime conditions (as combat) that cause intense stress

called also battle fatigue, shell shock, war neurosis

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