non-combat
adjective[before noun]
(alsononcombat)uk/ˌnɒnˈkɒm.bæt/us/ˌnɑːnˈkɑːm.bæt/(ofarmies,soldiers, ortheiractivities) notinvolvedinfighting:
TheUnitedStateshas 500 noncombattroopsbasedin thecountry.
Heservedin thearmyin a non-combatrole.
- Japan isplanningtosendnon-combattroopstohelpthecountrytorecoverafter thedisaster.
- After theaccident, she wasassigneda non-combatrole.
- The army'sinvolvementwasrestrictedto noncombatactivities.
- Most of the newtroopswereworkingin non-combatpositions.
- Thousands of womenservedin non-combatrolesduring thewar.
Stopping fighting
- anti-militarist
- anti-militaristic
- armistice
- beat/turn swords into ploughsharesidiom
- ceasefire
- demilitarization
- demilitarize
- fall
- fall back
- lay
- laysomethingdown
- pacification
- pacify
- pull
- pull back
- pullout
- surrender
- sword
- truce