belligerents

plural of belligerent

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Noun
  • Above the surface, the navy has 122 surface combatants, which include 11 aircraft carriers, 11 cruisers and 74 destroyers.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Across the world, for all military battles where such data is available, the average army kills nine enemy non-combatants for every fighter killed.
    Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The official said the terrorist group attacked Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in Rafah.
    Greg Norman , Trey Yingst, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The concept even included plans for soldiers to parachute in, plant the bomb, and escape (hopefully).
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
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