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Definition of non-combatant in English: non-combatantnoun A person who is not engaged in fighting during a war, especially a civilian, army chaplain, or army doctor. Example sentencesExamples - Civilians and non-combatants are often cited as reasons for war - usually after they are dead - or reasons not to go to war - in the context of avoiding killing them.
- Indeed, the question of the humanity of a weapon that causes indiscriminate blinding of combatants and non-combatants will restrict the future use of this technology in combat.
- But remember, there are civilians and non-combatants down there.
- Of the roughly 1.3 million Indian combatants and non-combatants sent overseas to fight for the British empire, the largest chunk were routed to Mesopotamia.
- September saw the British retake Delhi after an extremely fierce fight in the city streets where no distinction was made between non-combatants and mutineers.
Synonyms non-fighting, non-participating, civilian, non-belligerent, pacifist, neutral, non-aligned
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