hors de combat

Words nearby hors de combat

Example sentences from the Web for hors de combat

• The fact that more than half of them were hors-de-combat showed how fiercely they had fought.

  The Cornet of Horse|G. A. Henty

• Clouds of kites and troops of monkeys would speedily take such liberties with the fine wires as to place them hors-de-combat.

  Curiosities of Civilization|Andrew Wynter

• Fully one third of the troops which had paraded at dawn in full confidence of success were now hors-de-combat.

  Ponce de Leon|William Pilling