Countercombatant

adj

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Adjective
  1. 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.) not-comparable

    "In this and other articles Russett advocated a countercombatant deterrent. The Russians are adequately deterred by a credible threat that the U.S. can and will wipe out their army on the Chinese border; there is no need to aim at[…]"

  2. 2
    Facing each other (like combattant animals), especially in on either side of a charge. not-comparable

    "Arms. G. 2 lions countercombatant O. quartering A. on a pale B. 3—A."

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"In this and other articles Russett advocated a countercombatant deterrent. The Russians are adequately deterred by a credible threat that the U.S. can and will wipe out their army on the Chinese border; there is no need to aim at[…]"

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