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civilian
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a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization
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refugee
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a person who flees for refuge or safety, esp. to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
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veteran
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a person who has served in a military force, esp. one who has fought in a war
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assassin
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a murderer, esp. one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons.
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conspirator
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a person who takes part in an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plotter
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besiege
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to crowd around; crowd in upon; surround
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trench
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a long, narrow excavation in the ground, the earth from which is thrown up in front to serve as a shelter from enemy fire or attack.
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flank
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in the military, the extreme right or left side of an army or fleet, or a subdivision of an army or fleet.
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mount
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to organize, as an army.
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sidearm
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with a swinging motion of the arm moving to the side of the body at shoulder level or below and nearly parallel to the ground
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