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Meanings of enemy prisoner of war in English

Russian
нятие
Portuguese
prisioneiros de guerra
Spanish
prisioneros de guerra
Catalan
presoner de guerra
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Person who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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      Examples for "pow"
      Examples for "pow"
      1
      Then the kids sit around their victim in a sort of pow-wow.
      The Road
      2
      Then it's - pow!' He punched his fist into his other palm.
      Metro 2033
      3
      Guess they won't hurt us if they let Juan pow-wow with them.
      The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico; Or, The End of the Silver Tra...
      4
      And I reckon he was pow'ful enough to back down Sawyer's Dam.
      Selected Stories of Bret Harte
      5
      It's early yet, and it's been ages since we had a pow-wow.
      When A Man's A Man
      1
      That means, unlike outside URL shortening services, as long as WordPress.com is around, your shortened wp.me links will work.
      Wired
      2
      If you'd like to start using wp.me links for your WordPress hosted blog just click the new "Get Shortlink" button.
      Wired
      3
      Read: WP Rugby will not make announcement on Newlands departure this week
      The South African
      4
      It is early days for the WP but alarm bells are ringing.
      The Guardian
      5
      WP International, the household products and labels group, continues to record good growth.
      The Irish Times
      1
      Puebla (pwâ'bla) surrendered at Scott's approach, and there he waited three months.
      A Brief History of the United States
      2
      IMPACT is seeking that personal tax exemption limits, and not personal tax allowances, be increased to at least £100 pw for a single person.
      The Irish Times
      3
      PW-HIFU exposure did not result in temperatures above the Tm of TSL.
      Pubmed
      4
      PW: Norwich and Sheffield United, plus West Bromwich Albion through the play-offs.
      The Guardian
      5
      At follow-up, CMS and SF-36 were always lower in the PW group.
      Pubmed
      1
      He delayed PSW's planned auction from Aug. 25.
      Reuters
      2
      Cross responded that PSW had no such right.
      Reuters
      3
      That will tell the real tale for the sector, said Phil Davis, chief executive of PSW Investments.
      Reuters
      4
      But in an Aug. 27 court filing, PSW said such an auction could wipe out its investment.
      Reuters
      5
      The trustees countered on Tuesday that "in every relevant respect," the senior lenders have greater rights than PSW.
      Reuters
      1
      The EPW committee is chaired by Senator James Inhofe who, like Trump, has described human-caused climate change as a hoax.
      The Guardian
      2
      In June, EPA administrator Lisa Jackson testified before a Senate environment and public works committee (EPW) hearing on the clean air act and public health.
      The Guardian
      1
      I should be justified in treating you as a prisoner of war.
      Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
      2
      He was about to become a prisoner of war at the CIA.
      Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
      3
      I have a Turk who is a wrestler: a prisoner of war.
      Great Catherine (Whom Glory Still Adores)
      4
      He was detained both as a prisoner of war and a rebel.
      Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette
      5
      His lot as a prisoner of war was an exceptionally good one.
      Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, Anno 1812; Medico-Historical
      Usage of enemy prisoner of war in English
      1
      He had wondered what could have led Rogero to fall in love with an enemy prisoner of war.
      Perilous Shield
      2
      The US has formally declared Saddam Hussein, captured on December 13th, an enemy prisoner of war, the Pentagon said yesterday.
      The Irish Times