COBELLIGERENTS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

cobelligerents

noun

plural of cobelligerent

as in combatants

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Noun

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

Definition of combatants

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Conversations range from meme prompts regarding the deadliness of hawks versus gorillas to summer internships.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Debt hawks have been warning policymakers for some time that the nation’s fiscal path is unsustainable, and the issue is increasingly rising up voters’ agendas in the run-up to midterms later this year.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of hawks

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Israel’s military said that Tuesday’s strike had targeted a meeting of four Hamas commanders and additional militants, including one who had participated in the 2023 attack.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Islamabad accuses Afghanistan’s Taliban government of harboring militants who carry out attacks inside Pakistan — a charge Kabul denies.

— ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of militants

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