noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a civilian target
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The army denied it had attacked civilian targets.
civilian casualties (= people who are not soldiers who are injured or killed )
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civilian casualties
civilian clothes (= ordinary clothes rather than a military uniform )
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a US army lieutenant in civilian clothes
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
military
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At the heart of the battle between the military and civilians was control of the budget.
unarmed
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No driver wanted to plough heedlessly into a crowd of unarmed civilians .
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Countless unarmed civilians fleeing to the borders were killed by helicopter gunships.
■ VERB
injure
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The convoy of 12 ambulance wagons and vans was frustrated throughout the day in efforts to extract injured civilians .
kill
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In Bikernieki forest they killed 46,500 civilians .
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The truck that carried the copters explodes, killing police officers and civilians .
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Right-wing paramilitaries killed 25 civilians in six incidents.
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We had been taken outside earlier that morning to watch as three soldiers were shot for violating the order against killing civilians .
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They were not killing soldiers, they were killing civilians .
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All wars are brutal, but not all of them involve the mass killing of civilians .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Along with the fresh arrivals on the Union side was a Gettysburg civilian named John Burns.
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Even during war, life must go on for civilians.
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In all 646 soldiers and civilians were arrested and accused of supporting the rebellion.
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It is not only against civilians.
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She said at least five of the corpses were those of civilians.
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Shots slammed into the walls inside the courtyard where the civilians cried and threw themselves on the ground.
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The people of Vicksburg, both soldiers and civilians, had swarmed out into the streets.