hors de com·bat

(ôr′ də kôN-bä′)

adv. & adj.

Out of action; disabled.

[French : hors, out + de, of + combat, combat.]

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hors de combat

(ɔr də kɔ̃ba)

adj, adv (postpositive)

disabled or injured

[literally: out of (the) fight]

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hors de com•bat

(ɔr də kɔ̃ˈba)

adj., adv. French.

out of the fight; disabled.

hors de combat

A French phrase meaning out of the fighting, used to mean put out of action by being injured or damaged.

Translations

hors de combat

[ˈɔːdəkɔ̃ba] ADJ → fuera de combate

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hors de combat

adj (lit, fig) → außer Gefecht gesetzt, kampfunfähig

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I contented myself, however, with putting the frigate hors de combat; she will not have any difficulty in getting repaired at the next port."

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"Seven of his Eminence's Guards placed HORS DE COMBAT by you four in two days!

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As there was no time to be lost, the scout immediately set about effecting so necessary a precaution; and when he had gagged the Indian, his enemy might safely have been considered as "hors de combat."

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