hors de combatadjective [ after noun ]
uk/ˌɔː də ˈkɔ̃ː.bɑː/us/ˌɔːr/formal or humorousIf you are hors de combat, you cannot take part in an activity because you are injured. Hors de combat is French for "out of combat":
Her recent fall has put her hors de combat.
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In bad condition
- battered
- battle-scarred
- be on the skids idiom
- beat up
- blasted
- fleabitten
- have seen better days idiom
- impair
- in good, bad, etc. repair idiom
- kaput
- scuff
- shabby
- shattered
- shop-soiled
- shopworn
- worn out
- worse
- worsen
- wrack
- wrecked
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