Combatant
noun
A person who fights in a conflict or war.
In the battle, each of the combatants fought bravely.
Often appears as...
- armed combatant
- enemy combatant
adjective
Involving or ready for fighting in a conflict or war.
Combatant forces were prepared for the attack.
Often appears as...
- combatant troops
- combatant nations
noun
A person who fights in a conflict or war.
In the battle, each of the combatants fought bravely.
Often appears as...
- armed combatant
- enemy combatant
adjective
Involving or ready for fighting in a conflict or war.
Combatant forces were prepared for the attack.
Often appears as...
- combatant troops
- combatant nations
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Specific
Use 'combatant' when referring to people directly engaged in warfare or specific conflicts.
During the ceasefire, all combatants remained in their positions.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Term
'Combatant' is a neutral term and doesn't imply which side of the conflict the person is on.
The peace talks involved representatives from all combatants in the region.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Combatant Contrast
Distinguish between 'combatant' for fighters and 'non-combatant' for civilians or unarmed military personnel.
Relief agencies are focused on providing aid to the non-combatants affected by war.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Specific
Use 'combatant' when referring to people directly engaged in warfare or specific conflicts.
During the ceasefire, all combatants remained in their positions.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Term
'Combatant' is a neutral term and doesn't imply which side of the conflict the person is on.
The peace talks involved representatives from all combatants in the region.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Combatant Contrast
Distinguish between 'combatant' for fighters and 'non-combatant' for civilians or unarmed military personnel.
Relief agencies are focused on providing aid to the non-combatants affected by war.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Specific
Use 'combatant' when referring to people directly engaged in warfare or specific conflicts.
During the ceasefire, all combatants remained in their positions.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Term
'Combatant' is a neutral term and doesn't imply which side of the conflict the person is on.
The peace talks involved representatives from all combatants in the region.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Combatant Contrast
Distinguish between 'combatant' for fighters and 'non-combatant' for civilians or unarmed military personnel.
Relief agencies are focused on providing aid to the non-combatants affected by war.
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How young people join...
It's not just recruiting combatants; it's trying to build a state. And what that means is all of a sudden, your recruitment model is much more broad. You're not just trying to get fighters -- now you need architects, engineers, accountants, hackers and women. We've actually seen a huge increase of women going
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How data helps us...
mess through an election both could the combatants agreed let's lay down our weapons and see if we can't solve this peacefully and while we know that this is a hopeful time in society we also know that elections are really dangerous potentially very dangerous and deeply
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Terror Bird vs. Wolves PIPE...
are there to steal the terror birds prey but this is a challenger they've never seen they depend on instinct and spread out this is a battle for attention who can divert the attention of the other combatant and in which direction for how
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Gastronomy and the...
people of all different colors and backgrounds and you know what the main ingredient that day was mutual respect we sat down with southern white folks as cousins rather than combatants you know what the ancestors who lived in those
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Animals Attack: Shrew...
venom battles like this can go on for over a half an hour who's going to emerge the victor look at that heinie bike yikes oh wait a minute it looks like it's gonna be a draw each combatant
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Brutal Gameplay PIPE When...
combatants died a terrible and early death these are men were done probably mostly in their 20s and most of the gladiators are dying in their first or second matches life was cheap in the
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Shrew vs. Snake PIPE...
venom battles like this can go on for over a half an hour who's going to emerge the victor look at that hiney bike yikes oh wait a minute it looks like it's gonna be a draw each combatant
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Fish Fight! PIPE National...
it's the newest aquatic extreme-sport cichlid fish mouth fighting before our next bout here's a brief tutorial on what it is and how it works our combatants square off face to face here
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After billions of years...
Twentieth-century physics did create better explanations, but still in terms of a cosmic war. This time, the combatants were order and chaos, or entropy.
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The Secret World of...
of their outer life a spring moves into early summer a steady stream of coral combatants arrive at the mating floors
Video examples
How young people join...
It's not just recruiting combatants; it's trying to build a state. And what that means is all of a sudden, your recruitment model is much more broad. You're not just trying to get fighters -- now you need architects, engineers, accountants, hackers and women. We've actually seen a huge increase of women going
Video examples
How data helps us...
mess through an election both could the combatants agreed let's lay down our weapons and see if we can't solve this peacefully and while we know that this is a hopeful time in society we also know that elections are really dangerous potentially very dangerous and deeply
Video examples
Terror Bird vs. Wolves PIPE...
are there to steal the terror birds prey but this is a challenger they've never seen they depend on instinct and spread out this is a battle for attention who can divert the attention of the other combatant and in which direction for how
Video examples
Gastronomy and the...
people of all different colors and backgrounds and you know what the main ingredient that day was mutual respect we sat down with southern white folks as cousins rather than combatants you know what the ancestors who lived in those
Video examples
Animals Attack: Shrew...
venom battles like this can go on for over a half an hour who's going to emerge the victor look at that heinie bike yikes oh wait a minute it looks like it's gonna be a draw each combatant
Video examples
Brutal Gameplay PIPE When...
combatants died a terrible and early death these are men were done probably mostly in their 20s and most of the gladiators are dying in their first or second matches life was cheap in the
Video examples
Shrew vs. Snake PIPE...
venom battles like this can go on for over a half an hour who's going to emerge the victor look at that hiney bike yikes oh wait a minute it looks like it's gonna be a draw each combatant
Video examples
Fish Fight! PIPE National...
it's the newest aquatic extreme-sport cichlid fish mouth fighting before our next bout here's a brief tutorial on what it is and how it works our combatants square off face to face here
Video examples
After billions of years...
Twentieth-century physics did create better explanations, but still in terms of a cosmic war. This time, the combatants were order and chaos, or entropy.
Video examples
The Secret World of...
of their outer life a spring moves into early summer a steady stream of coral combatants arrive at the mating floors
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Rabih Alameddine
Lebanese Artist
My father and I rarely saw eye to eye when I was growing up. We saw the world differently. It was only when we were both adults that we were able to share spectacles. However, football, and particularly the World Cup, was when we, enemy combatants, could traverse trenches and be together.
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John Yoo
American Educator
While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war.
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Eric Burdon
British Musician
On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
The great concern is that year after year, rising numbers of journalists are being killed in pursuit of their work. They are increasingly seen as not being neutral but rather as combatants by one side or the other.
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Thomas Hauser
American Author
Boxing is allowed to exist as an exception to state laws against violence on the premise that it will be regulated in a manner that protects the combatants physically and financially.
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Heywood Broun
American Journalist
Increasingly, it becomes evident that managing a ball club is a psychiatrist's job. In a short series, the mental attitude of the combatants is everything.
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Fidel Castro
Statesman
Chinese combatants, men and women, inheritors of a millennial culture, are people of uncommon intelligence and an invincible spirit of struggle.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
When you have warfare, things happen; people suffer; the noncombatants suffer as well as the combatants. And so it happens in civil war.
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Michael Paterniti
American Writer
At its height, Guantanamo's population of alleged combatants swelled to nearly 800.
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Peter Maurer
Swiss Activist
The abuse of civilians and combatants has existed since the dawn of time.
Quote examples
Rabih Alameddine
Lebanese Artist
My father and I rarely saw eye to eye when I was growing up. We saw the world differently. It was only when we were both adults that we were able to share spectacles. However, football, and particularly the World Cup, was when we, enemy combatants, could traverse trenches and be together.
Quote examples
John Yoo
American Educator
While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war.
Quote examples
Eric Burdon
British Musician
On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.
Quote examples
Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
The great concern is that year after year, rising numbers of journalists are being killed in pursuit of their work. They are increasingly seen as not being neutral but rather as combatants by one side or the other.
Quote examples
Thomas Hauser
American Author
Boxing is allowed to exist as an exception to state laws against violence on the premise that it will be regulated in a manner that protects the combatants physically and financially.
Quote examples
Heywood Broun
American Journalist
Increasingly, it becomes evident that managing a ball club is a psychiatrist's job. In a short series, the mental attitude of the combatants is everything.
Quote examples
Fidel Castro
Statesman
Chinese combatants, men and women, inheritors of a millennial culture, are people of uncommon intelligence and an invincible spirit of struggle.
Quote examples
Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
When you have warfare, things happen; people suffer; the noncombatants suffer as well as the combatants. And so it happens in civil war.
Quote examples
Michael Paterniti
American Writer
At its height, Guantanamo's population of alleged combatants swelled to nearly 800.
Quote examples
Peter Maurer
Swiss Activist
The abuse of civilians and combatants has existed since the dawn of time.
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