civilian

Definition:
1. A nonmilitary citizen.
2. Associated with or performed by civilians as contrasted with the military.
3. A person who is not a member of the armed forces or the police.

Use 'civilian' in a sentence:

• 1. He urged Russian soldiers to disobey orders if asked to fire on civilian targets.
• 2. The military may feel unable to hand over power to a civilian President next year.
• 3. There were more civilians working for the police, freeing officers from desk jobs.
• 4. Assessing the impact of the army on the civilian population starts from the realization that the soldiers were always unevenly distributed across the country.
• 5. During the past few days, nearly no civilian vehicles come out of the capital city.
• 6. The authorities say six civilians have been killed in two separate attacks.
• 7. It began as a military communication system, which expanded into a government-funded civilian research network.
• 8. At the end of my term of enlistment I decided to return to civilian life.
• 9. The military may feel unable to hand over power to a civilian president next year.
• 10. Using these missiles to down civilian aircraft is simply immoral and totally unjustifiable.
• 11. He is quite categorical that the UN should only help the innocent civilian population.
• 12. These technological wonders may not yet be part of the community hospital setting but increasingly some of the machinery is finding its way into civilian medicine.
• 13. Though they are long-lasting, often their initial expense is greater than the cost of civilian clothes.
• 14. The safety of civilians caught up in the fighting must be guaranteed.
• 15. We're not going after civilian targets.
• 16. He left the army and returned to civilian life.
• 17. Civilian aviation is being disrupted, not by the age-old desires for speed, romanticism and glamour, but by the pressing need to respond to a changing climate.
• 18. Ex-soldiers can be disorientated by the transition to civilian life.
• 19. Some uniforms are also expensive to maintain, requiring professional dry cleaning rather than the home laundering possible with many types of civilian clothes.
• 20. Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more professional than civilian clothes.
• 21. At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids.
• 22. They are going from door to door collecting money from civilians.
• 23. War has made life almost unbearable for the civilians remaining in the capital.
• 24. The military are under a cloud for killing civilians while breaking up a demonstration.
• 25. A civilian was killed by a stray bullet.
• 26. They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.
• 27. Following the fall of the military dictator in March, the country has had a civilian government.
• 28. His supporters want a clean-up of civilian corruption.
• 29. Civilians had broken into the building, apparently in the belief that it contained food.
• 30. The civilian population was suffering greatly at the hands of the security forces.
• 31. Armed groups use their power to tyrannise over civilians.
• 32. Western emperors after Theodosius were unable to emphasize their civilian role because of their need to rely on the protection of Germanic generals loyal to them.
• 33. The Prime Minister has appointed a civilian as defence minister.
• 34. The odds are stacked against civilians getting a fair trial.
• 35. Snipers were picking off innocent civilians.
• 36. Air bombardment raised criticism on the humanitarian grounds that innocent civilians might suffer.
• 37. The television repairman who wears uniform tends to inspire more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes.
• 38. The president has appointed a civilian as defence secretary.
• 39. They fell into that twilight zone between military personnel and civilian employees.
• 40. They bombed military and civilian targets.
• 41. The sovereign holds total power over all the institutions of civilian and ecclesiastical life, holding sway over a kind of peaceable kingdom.
• 42. There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.
• 43. The authorities offered to stop firing missiles if the rebels agreed to stop attacking civilian targets.
• 44. The civilian population were suffering greatly at the hands of the security forces.
• 45. The rebels were responsible for the mass murder of 400 civilians.
• 46. He is in charge of the civilian side of the UN mission.
• 47. Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure.
• 48. The terrorists have chosen to play a deadly game with the civilian population.
• 49. Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.
• 50. Aid agencies are organizing food drops to civilians in the war zone.