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Meanings of innocent civilians in English

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Usage of innocent civilians in English
1
And we deplore violence against innocent civilians anywhere that it takes place.
Reuters
2
Some rockets get through, putting innocent civilians, including children, at deadly risk.
The Irish Times
3
They were not innocent civilians who were part of a civil protest.
Reuters
4
The danger is that many more innocent civilians will lose their lives.
The Irish Times
5
Well, in the sense of being the innocent civilians who get killed.
Wired
6
Spare a thought for the innocent civilians of Raqqa, a city under siege.
The Irish Times
7
He also criticized the LTTE for treating innocent civilians as hostages.
Reuters
8
Men, women and children killed; innocent civilians fleeing their villages, losing their homes.
The Irish Times
9
They maim or kill anything that gets in their way, including innocent civilians.
Skin Trade
10
These attacks are crimes in themselves against the innocent civilians of a troubled area.
The Irish Times
11
Arbitrary charges are regularly brought against innocent civilians, activists say.
Reuters
12
Once more in Europe's near abroad innocent civilians are been slaughtered by a despot.
The Irish Times
13
Instead it had inflicted enormous human costs on innocent civilians.
The Irish Times
14
Killing innocent civilians isn't good policy in Afghanistan, or anywhere else for that matter.
Reuters
15
Those who died were mainly poor people and innocent civilians.
The Guardian
16
Scores of innocent civilians, mostly women and children, were killed.
Fighting For Peace
This collocation consists of:
Innocent civilians across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare