Related Words for human shield

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soft target
//x
Phrase, Noun
civil defense
/xx/
Name, Name
scarecrow
/x
Noun
diversion
x/x
Noun
concealment
x/x
Noun
paramilitary
xx/xxx
Adjective
collateral damage
x/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
target of opportunity
/x/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
countermeasure
/xxx
Noun
enemy combatant
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
barrage
x/
Noun
camouflage
/xx
Noun
combatant
x/x
Noun
deterrence
x/x
Noun
false flag
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
troops
/
Noun
incoming
/xx
Noun
picket
/x
Noun
firing point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
stratagem
/xx
Noun
defense
x/
Noun
artifice
/xx
Noun
commando
x/x
Noun
friendly fire
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
guerrilla warfare
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
harassment
x/x
Noun
retreat
x/
Noun
deployment
x/x
Noun
hostage
/x
Noun
mark
/
Noun
rearguard action
///x
Phrase, Noun
salvo
/x
Noun
suppression
x/x
Noun
armament
/xx
Noun
prisoner of war
/xx//
Phrase, Noun
spearhead
/x
Noun
joker
/x
Noun
sally
/x
Name
special forces
/x/x
Name, Name
rearguard
/x
Noun
succour
//
Noun
lookout
/x
Noun
guard
/
Noun
defense mechanism
x//xxx
Phrase, Noun
advance guard
x//
Phrase, Noun
war game
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
psychological warfare
xx/xx/x
Phrase, Noun
firing line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
front
/
Noun
chivalry
/xx
Noun
military
/xxx
Noun
target
/x
Noun
warfare
/x
Noun
tactic
/x
Noun
disarmament
x/xx
Noun
police
x/
Noun
stand
/
Noun
demonstration
xx/x
Noun
surgical strike
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
service
/x
Noun
tactical
/xx
Adjective
bomb squad
//
Phrase, Noun
reconnaissance in force
x/xxx/
Phrase, Noun
war party
//x
Phrase, Noun
weapon
/x
Noun
guerrilla
x/x
Noun
antiterrorism
xxxxxx
Noun
rallying point
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
turkey shoot
/xx
Phrase, Noun
hand grenade
/x/
Phrase, Noun
defense in depth
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
forlorn hope
x//
Phrase, Noun
serial
/xx
Noun
wait
/
Verb
interdiction
xx/x
Noun
arming
/x
Noun
contraband of war
/xx//
Phrase, Noun
retrenchment
x/x
Noun
fragmentation grenade
/x/xx/
Phrase, Noun
field day
//
Phrase, Noun
charge
/
Noun
sabotage
/xx
Noun
counter
/x
Noun
theater of war
/xx//
Phrase, Noun
defence
x/
Noun
profile
/x
Noun
vigil
/x
Noun
peacekeeping
/xx
Noun
militia
x/x
Noun
abacus
/xx
Noun
achiever
x/x
Noun
acquaintance
x/x
Noun
actor
/x
Noun
adjudicator
x/xxx
Noun
adult
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
adventurer
x/xx
Noun
adversary
/xxx
Noun
advocate
/xx
Noun, Verb
aegis
/x
Noun
affords
x/
Verb
african
/xx
Adjective, Name
amateur
/xx
Adjective, Noun
anatomy
x/xx
Noun
androgynous
x/xx
Adjective
animal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
anomaly
x/xx
Noun
antagonist
x/xx
Noun
anthropogenic
xxx/x
Adjective
anthropoid
xx/
Adjective, Noun
anthropomorphic
xxx/x
Adjective
anything
/xx
Noun, Adverb
ape
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
applicant
/xx
Noun
appointee
xx/
Noun
appointment
x/x
Noun
armor
/x
Noun, Verb
armour
/x
Noun, Verb
artificial
xx/x
Adjective
attendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
authority
x/xx
Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
baby boomer
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
bad guy
//
Phrase, Noun
badge
/
Noun, Verb
baldy
/x
Name
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
barricade
/xx
Noun, Verb
barrier
/xx
Noun, Verb
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
beholder
x/x
Noun
being
/x
Noun
belligerent
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
best
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
block
/
Noun, Verb
blond
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blonde
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bod
/
Noun
bodily
/xx
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
body
/x
Noun, Verb
boomer
/x
Noun
box
/
Noun, Verb
breastplate
/x
Noun
brunet
x/
Name, Adjective
brunette
x/
Noun, Adjective
buckler
/xx
Noun, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
bulwark
/x
Noun, Verb
bunker
/x
Noun, Verb
buster
/x
Noun
cage
/
Noun, Verb
candidate
/xx
Noun, Verb
capitalist
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
captor
/x
Noun
caring
/x
Noun, Adjective
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
caucasian
x/x
Name, Adjective
celebrant
/xx
Noun
celebrities
x/xx
Noun
championship
/xxx
Noun
charmer
/x
Noun
chassis
/x
Noun
chest
/
Noun, Verb
child
/
Noun, Verb
chimpanzee
x/x
Noun
civil
/x
Adjective, Name
cladding
/x
Noun
cloak
/
Noun, Verb
coat
/
Noun, Verb
collective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
common
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
common man
/x/
Phrase, Noun
communicator
x/xxx
Noun
compassionate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
compulsive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
consumer
x/x
Noun
containment
x/x
Noun
contestant
x/x
Noun
copycat
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cordon
/x
Noun, Verb
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
coward
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
creator
x/x
Noun
creature
/x
Noun
crest
/
Noun, Verb
cup
/
Noun, Verb
curtain
/x
Noun, Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
deceased
x/
Adjective, Noun
decedent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
deck
/
Noun, Verb
defend
x/
Verb
defender
x/x
Noun
defensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
deliverer
x/xx
Noun
denizen
/xx
Noun, Verb
departed
x/x
Adjective, Noun
desert
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
differentiator
xx/xxx
Noun
disc
/
Noun, Verb
discriminator
x/xxx
Noun
disembodied
xx/x
Adjective
disguise
x/
Noun, Verb
display
x/
Noun, Verb
dissenter
x/x
Noun
dissident
/xx
Adjective, Noun
doer
/
Noun
doormat
/x
Noun
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
droits
/
Noun
dun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dupe
/
Noun, Verb
duties
/x
Noun
dweller
/x
Noun
earlobe
/x
Noun
ecu
xx
Name
elizabethan
xxx/x
Name, Adjective
emblem
/x
Noun, Verb
enclosure
x/x
Noun
engineer
/x/
Noun, Verb
entertainer
xx/x
Noun
equal
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
european
xx/x
Adjective, Name
excuse
x/
Noun, Verb
exempt
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
exonerate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
expert
/x
Noun, Adjective
explorer
x/x
Noun
exponent
/xx
Noun
facade
x/
Noun
face
/
Noun, Verb
fallible
/xx
Adjective
façade
//
Noun
fee
/
Noun, Verb
feeling
/x
Noun, Adjective
female
/x
Adjective, Noun
fiduciary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
field
/
Noun, Verb
fighter
/x
Noun
figure
/x
Noun, Verb
flesh
/
Noun, Verb
follower
/xx
Noun
foot
/
Noun, Verb