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combat injury

Definitions of combat injury
  1. noun
    a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
    synonyms: injury, wound
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    types:
    blighty wound
    a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad
    flesh wound
    a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones
    type of:
    loss, personnel casualty
    military personnel lost by death or capture
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