BELLIGERENTS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

belligerents

noun

plural of belligerent

as in combatants

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Noun

Since the 1970s, about 150,000 combatants and civilians have died in the southern Philippines, while development was stunted in the country’s poorest region.

— Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Killing unarmed men, non combatants and even women and children.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

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The United States lost more than 2,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and more than 4,000 in Iraq, and more than 50,000 were wounded between the two conflicts.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
And indeed, if, like Grossman, a correspondent is committed to telling the story of people at war, soldiers are essential actors in any conflict.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

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