Non-combatants

"Non-combatants" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Declaring war after a surprise attack is to be expected, but killing over ten thousand non-combatants with a bomb is something unheard of.

The Geneva Conventions were written at a time when most countries had conscription, but they still distinguished combatants from non-combatants.

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