[
US
/ˌnɑnkəmˈbætənt/
]
ADJECTIVE
- member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon
- used of civilians in time of war
NOUN
- a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
How To Use noncombatant In A Sentence
- They manned anti-aircraft guns and filled noncombatant roles.
- But what is the counterinsurgent to do, given that in an era of total war as waged by radical Islamists, distinguishing between combatant and noncombatant is often impossible? Man Versus Afghanistan
- The results, for those who care to look at them, are simply astonishing, especially by contrast to the level of destruction and the harm to noncombatant lives and property found, say, in carpet-bombing.
- An enemy force that is dispersed in an urban area or other close terrain, and perhaps intermixed with the noncombatant population, is highly difficult to find and attack.
- But with the onset of hostilities, soldiers become combatants and are thus imbued with a fundamentally different moral status than noncombatants.
- Uniforms are used to distinguish combatants from noncombatants or enemy combatants.
- We have a strong record both of protecting noncombatants and as a leading humanitarian donor. Times, Sunday Times
- Historically, the sacking of captured cities was plainly intended to intimidate the inhabitants of other fortified posts (whether combatant or noncombatant).
- For example, in such operations we often find noncombatants involved in acts of violence like rioting or looting.
- They manned anti-aircraft guns and filled noncombatant roles.
