English Explanatory Dictionary

hors de combat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Out of action; disabled; no longer able to fight.

Word forms

hors de combat

Etymology

Borrowed from French hors de combat (literally “out of combat”), which is obsolete in contemporary French.

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