WOUNDED IN ACTION

  

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WOUNDED IN ACTION

Specialty Definition: WOUNDED IN ACTION

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Military

A battle casualty other than "killed in action" who has incurred an injury due to an external agent or cause. The term encompasses all kinds of wounds and other injuries incurred in action, whether there is a piercing of the body, as in a penetrating or perforated wound, or none, as in the contused wound; all fractures, burns, blast concussions, all effects of biological and chemical warfare agents, the effects of exposure to ionizing radiation or any other destructive weapon or agent. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: WOUNDED IN ACTION

Synonym by domain: wia (abbreviation).

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Crosswords: WOUNDED IN ACTION

English words defined with "WOUNDED IN ACTION": Order of the Purple HeartPurple Heart. (references)

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Modern Usage: WOUNDED IN ACTION

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Movie/TV Titles

W.I.A. Wounded In Action (1966)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: WOUNDED IN ACTION

Language Translations for "WOUNDED IN ACTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Serbo-Croatian

  

ranjen u vojnoj akciji. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: WOUNDED IN ACTION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-i-i-n-n-n-o-o-t-u-w"

-2 letters: unconditioned.

-3 letters: denunciation, noneducation.

-4 letters: conditioned, decondition, enunciation.

-5 letters: auditioned, dedication, denudation, endodontic, inundation, nationwide, unindicted.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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