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Civilians deliberately placed in or around combat targets to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.

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human shield

Noun

figuratively rhetoric

Civilians deliberately placed in or around combat targets to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.

Japanese Meaning

敵が攻撃を控えるように、戦闘目標の周囲やその近くに意図的に配置された民間人。

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The militants used a human shield by forcing villagers to stand near the weapons depot to prevent an airstrike.

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武装勢力は空爆を防ぐために村人を武器庫の近くに立たせ、民間人を盾にして利用した。

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Civilians deliberately placed in or around combat targets to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.

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(figuratively, rhetoric) Third parties used cynically to divert attention away from accusations against oneself.

And after the past few days, in which a fleet of Republicans and the president himself have utilized Jews as human shields for racist rhetoric, the Jews are tired, tired, tired of being used as defenses against naked racism, tired of being used to justify conditions at detention camps. Just plain tired.

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human shields

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