civilian

noun ci·vil·ian \ sə-ˈvil-yən also -ˈvi-yən \

|Updated on: 8 Aug 2018

Examples: civilian in a Sentence

Definition of civilian

1 : a specialist in Roman or modern civil law

2 a : one not on active duty in the armed services or not on a police or firefighting force

b : outsider 1

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civilian

adjective

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Examples of civilian in a Sentence

The bomb injured 12 civilians.

Recent Examples of civilian from the Web

Afzal also cited a poll of Pakistanis which found that 89 percent of respondents believe attacks against civilians in the name of Islam are never justified.

— brian contreras, San Antonio Express-News, "World Affairs Council hosts lecture on extremism in Pakistan," 12 July 2018
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the U.S. government remains the largest single country donor, having provided nearly $277 million in response to increased insecurity and violence against civilians since October 2016.

— gina martinez, Time, "Mike Pompeo Vows U.S. Will Protect 'the Most Vulnerable Refugees' Amid Trump Administration's Family Separation Controversy," 20 June 2018
While Nicholson said that the number of car bombs in Kabul had decreased, the local ISIS affiliate had increased the number of suicide bomber attacks against civilians.

— ryan browne, CNN, "US military says it killed dozens of Taliban leaders in Afghanistan," 30 May 2018
Kopser started a ride-optimization company after leaving the military and has worked with Texas officials to promote green technologies in both the civilian and military sectors.

— jeffrey mervis, Science | AAAS, "The science candidates: Kopser builds big tent after win in Texas," 30 May 2018
But a presidency occupied by a government that has used chemical weapons against civilians is nonetheless a blow to the group’s public image.

— nick cumming-bruce, BostonGlobe.com, "Weapons control panel led by Syria," 28 May 2018
The report marked the most definitive account of atrocities against civilians allegedly committed by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army in violence that engulfed the western state of Rakhine.

— jon emont, WSJ, "Rohingya Militants Massacred Civilians in Myanmar: Amnesty Report," 22 May 2018
For years during the long U.S. occupation of Iraq, Muqtada Sadr was an intractable foe, blamed by the Pentagon for hundreds of deaths of American service members, as well as atrocities against Iraqi civilians.

— david s. cloud, latimes.com, "U.S. tested by victory in Iraqi election of Sadr, once an intractable foe," 15 May 2018
Matallana hopes that one of the things her research can do is to show the public how trauma affects ex-combatants and civilians alike.

— sara reardon, Scientific American, "Colombia after the Violence," 9 May 2018

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