Examples of 'civilians have been killed' in a sentence

Meaning of "civilians have been killed"

The phrase 'civilians have been killed' refers to the unfortunate occurrence of non-military individuals being fatally harmed in a conflict or violent situation

How to use "civilians have been killed" in a sentence

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civilians have been killed
Civilians have been killed in this war too.
Thousands of innocent civilians have been killed.
Five civilians have been killed and one injured.
Literally thousands of civilians have been killed.
Civilians have been killed in previous operations.
Dozens of innocent civilians have been killed by such bombs.
Civilians have been killed in curfews.
Sometimes dozens of civilians have been killed in a single raid.
Civilians have been killed.
Many soldiers and civilians have been killed.
Civilians have been killed when attempting to retrieve aid dropped from the air.
Already many innocent civilians have been killed.
Dozens of civilians have been killed and injured in such attacks.
There is no doubt at all as to how many civilians have been killed.
A number of civilians have been killed in recent weeks.

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Rohingya villagers and activists say hundreds of civilians have been killed.
Hundreds of civilians have been killed or wounded and thousands displaced.
Hundreds of thousands have fled and hundreds of civilians have been killed.
Since then millions of civilians have been killed or wounded by small arms.
We are indeed dismayed that both innocent Palestinian and Israeli civilians have been killed.
Thousands of rebels and civilians have been killed during the conflict.
In Iraq and Syria hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians have been killed.
Priests and civilians have been killed and people forcibly displaced.
US officials claim only a few hundred civilians have been killed.
Scores of civilians have been killed and wounded in the conflict.
Rohingya solidarity groups say several hundred civilians have been killed since October.
Scores of civilians have been killed in raids in the past three days alone.
At least three Palestinian civilians have been killed thus far.
Three civilians have been killed on the Israeli side since hostilities began.
But some English civilians have been killed.
Dozens of civilians have been killed during fighting between government troops and separatist Tamil rebels.
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and thousands more Afghans and Pakistani civilians have been killed.
Dozens and perhaps hundreds of civilians have been killed in assaults on such structures.
Since 14 November, dozens of civilians in Gaza and three Israeli civilians have been killed.
Hundreds of innocent civilians have been killed and thousands presently face death on a daily basis.
According to witnesses, dozens of civilians have been killed.
Hundreds of civilians have been killed in US coalition air strikes.
Tens of thousands of soldiers, rebels and civilians have been killed.
Palestinian civilians have been killed or injured in Israeli military operations.
According to Amnesty International, hundreds of civilians have been killed in the fighting.
Hundreds of civilians have been killed in the fighting for Misrata.
Coalition and Iraqi soldiers, Iraqi fighters and civilians have been killed in these conflicts.
At least seven civilians have been killed in a new US bombing in northwestern Afghanistan.
During the first two days 24 civilians have been killed.
Four Israeli civilians have been killed and dozens injured since the current hostilities began.
More than 80 Kashmiri civilians have been killed.
Five civilians have been killed by a suicide attack in Northern Cameroon.
Is there an estimate on how many civilians have been killed in that fighting?
Fifty-one civilians have been killed in this month alone, including children and women.
In the same period approximately 700 Israeli civilians have been killed as a result of Palestinian attacks.

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