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.
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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.
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