hors de combat

[ awr duh kawn-ba ]
/ ɔr də kɔ̃ˈba /

adverb, adjective French.

out of the fight; disabled; no longer able to fight.

Words nearby hors de combat

horror story, horror-struck, horrors, hors concours, hors d'oeuvre, hors de combat, horsa, horse, horse around, horse balm, horse bean

Example sentences from the Web for hors de combat

  • The fact that more than half of them were hors-de-combat showed how fiercely they had fought.

    The Cornet of Horse |G. A. Henty

  • Clouds of kites and troops of monkeys would speedily take such liberties with the fine wires as to place them hors-de-combat.

    Curiosities of Civilization |Andrew Wynter

  • Fully one third of the troops which had paraded at dawn in full confidence of success were now hors-de-combat.

    Ponce de Leon |William Pilling

British Dictionary definitions for hors de combat

hors de combat
/ French (ɔr də kɔ̃ba) /

adjective, adverb (postpositive)

disabled or injured

Word Origin for hors de combat

literally: out of (the) fight