BELLIGERENTS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

belligerents

noun

plural of belligerent

as in combatants

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If a foreign state treated these law enforcement operations as armed conflict, the private sector employees running them would not be combatants under international law and would not have POW or other protections.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Hours of fierce fighting between government troops and militias that killed dozens of combatants in Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa also left at least four civilians dead and 98 others wounded, a hospital official said Tuesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which traces its roots to 1954, involved around 18,000 Korean troops and an undisclosed number of American soldiers this year.

— Lisa Kim, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
The good news is the world has not seen a successful military coup since November of last year, when soldiers deposed the president of Guinea-Bissau on the coast of West Africa.

— Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026

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