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hors de combat

adj

Etymology

Borrowed from French hors de combat (literally “out of combat”), which is obsolete in contemporary French.

  1. derived from hors de combat — “out of combat”

Definitions

  1. Out of action

    Out of action; disabled; no longer able to fight.

    • We have no influence but by our influence over those called our masters; how do we acquire that influence? By flattering a man's vanity, and by playing on his hopes and fears! These are all put hors de combat in marriage.
    • When we find them, there will be a band of desperate men at the bay. Some of our men, I presume, will be put hors de combat. These royalists are good swordsmen, and the Englishman is devilish cunning, and looks very powerful.
    • On her right Froggy was hors de combat already, although he hadn't quite realized it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hors de combat. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA