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battle-damaged

battle-damaged adjective: damaged during battle.

Adjective

battle-damaged (comparative more battle-damaged, superlative most battle-damaged)

  1. Damaged during battle.
    • It is easier, faster and less expensive to replace battle-damaged areas of operational aircraft than to attempt to repair the damage on the scene.1971, United States Department of Defense, High School News Service, Report - High School News Service, Department of Defense, High School News Service, page 11
    • The group lost a total of nine B-I7s on the mission, six over enemy-held territory and three battle-damaged planes abandoned over Britain.1979, Edward Jablonski, Airwar, Doubleday, page 191

Forms of battle-damaged

comparativemore battle-damaged
superlativemost battle-damaged

Questions about battle-damaged

What does battle-damaged mean?
Battle-damaged means damaged during battle.
What part of speech is battle-damaged?
Battle-damaged is an adjective.

Words near battle-damaged in the dictionary

  1. battle-ax
  2. battle-axe
  3. battle-axes
  4. battle-cruiser
  5. battle-cruisers
  6. battle-damaged
  7. battle-field
  8. battle-fields
  9. battle-ground
  10. battle-grounds
  11. battle-hardened

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