see combat
Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words
to experience fighting in a war
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- Our platoon has yet to see combat.
- My grandfather saw combat in the Pacific during World War II.
- Many of the new recruits will likely see combat within their first year.
- Did you ever see combat during your service?
- He joined the army hoping he would never have to see combat.
- After seeing combat, he was never the same again.
- The regiment was one of the few that didn't see combat during the initial invasion.
- The young soldier's journal detailed his fear of seeing combat for the first time.
- Not every soldier who serves in a war zone will see combat.
- The veterans who had seen combat shared a bond that others couldn't understand.