killed in action
English
Alternative forms
- killed-in-action
Adjective
killed in action
- The designation for a member of an organization (primarily military) who has died while on duty.
- 1942 January 6, Roosevelt, Franklin, 1942 President's Annual Message to Congress:
- There were only some four hundred United States marines who in the heroic and historic defense of Wake Island inflicted such great losses on the enemy. Some of those men were killed in action; and others are now prisoners of war.
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Synonyms
- KIA / K.I.A. / K. I. A.
Coordinate terms
- kiyi
- missing in action / missing-in-action / MIA / M.I.A. / M. I. A.
- prisoner of war / prisoner-of-war / POW / P.O.W. / P. O. W.
- absent without leave / absent-without-leave / AWOL / A.W.O.L. / A. W. O. L.
Translations
dead on duty
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