combatant
noun
com·bat·ant
| \ kəm-ˈba-tᵊnt also ˈkäm-bə-tənt
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Definition of combatant
: one that is engaged in or ready to engage in combat
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Examples of combatant in a Sentence
Britain was a main combatant in World War II.
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More than 90% of the 13,060 ex-combatants and civilian supporters who handed over weapons to United Nations observers in 2016 continue to live up to their commitments under the peace deal. — Washington Post, "Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again," 29 Aug. 2019 Sources close to the talks say they are 99% resolved around a deal between the US and the Taliban that would involve a reduction in American troops, and more importantly a ceasefire between these two combatants. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, "What a wedding massacre says about Trump's plan to leave Afghanistan," 19 Aug. 2019 After three fellow soldiers were wounded, Bellavia voluntarily stormed the house alone, killing four enemy combatants and seriously wounding another in close-quarter combat. — Daniel Langhorne, latimes.com, "Medal of Honor recipient says not to underestimate millennials in the military," 12 July 2019 Two minutes into the video, members of the crowd intervene and ask those involved to break it up, stepping between the combatants and asking them to walk away. — Scott Craven, azcentral, "Disneyland fight on video stuns Toontown crowd. They wonder why security took 3 minutes to arrive," 8 July 2019 Neither The Woodlands or San Antonio Reagan, the two combatants in the championship match, are Region III foes and neither is obviously Episcopal. — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, "Lady Deer goes 7-2 at 58-team John Turner Volleyball Classic to finish fourth," 10 Aug. 2019 Crucial parts of the accords — things like providing reparations for victims, reintegration of former combatants into society, and developing the country’s poorest and most rural areas — have gone unfulfilled. — Megan Janetsky, Teen Vogue, "Meet the Women Who Detonate Land Mines in Colombia’s Former War Zones," 24 Apr. 2019 This separate combatant command actually existed between 1985 and 2002, before it was combined with USSTRATCOM. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "Space Command is coming back, but Space Force still needs approval from Congress," 18 Dec. 2018 ImagineChina There’s one last unavoidable comparison between the two combatants. — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, "Alibaba v. Tencent: The Battle for Supremacy in China," 21 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'combatant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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combatant
noun
English Language Learners Definition of combatant
: a person, group, or country that fights in a war or battle
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combatant
noun
com·bat·ant
| \ kəm-ˈba-tᵊnt
, ˈkäm-bə-tənt\
, ˈkäm-bə-tənt\
Kids Definition of combatant
: a person who takes part in a combat
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