countercombatant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Targeting or countering combatants. (Describing, for example, a strike that targets enemy troop concentrations, as opposed to a counterindustrial strike that targets enemy industry.)
  2. Facing each other (like combattant animals), especially in on either side of a charge.

Word forms

countercombatant counter-combatant counter-combattant
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