Examples of 'lost in action' in a sentence

Meaning of "lost in action"

lost in action - refers to a military member who is missing during combat operations and whose whereabouts are unknown
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  • Killed during military combat.
  • Destroyed during military combat.
  • Rejected, nullified, incapacitated, or rendered unavailable.

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lost in action
Three boats of the class were lost in action.
No aircraft were lost in action despite large amounts of ground fire.
Only six aircraft were lost in action.
Lost in action are.
All were lost in action.
She carried out four patrols before being lost in action.
It was lost in action.
Lost in action during the battle of Ilovaysk.
The company lost in action.
Lost in action while gallantly serving in Desert Storm.
The pilot could also be lost in action after bailing out of a stricken aircraft.
It 's a memorial to the agents lost in action.
Those ships not lost in action during World War II were seized as reparations.
It 's a memorial to the agents the company lost in action.
First MIS officer lost in action in ten years.

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All saw active service, and two were lost in action.
Where is he? Lost in action are.
All saw active service, but none were lost in action.
First MIA's officer lost in action in ten years! Ben Grady.
Surely not everybody 's been lost in action.
She was lost in action on 16 October.
Of the sixteen built, four were lost in action.
The wrecked section was lost in action in the Bering Sea in 1943.
A system evolved in the 13th century for employers to compensate for horses lost in action.
Five of the Finnish Bredas were later lost in action during the Continuation War.
It was on 8 July the first member of the squadron was lost in action.
First MIA 's officer lost in action in ten years!
They were extensively deployed on the Belgian coast and 13 were lost in action.
AliTweel, In Tripoli I have 2 friends lost in action since 3 days, please pray for them.
The escort carrier sank half an hour later ; 126 men were lost in action.
Ben Grady, first MIS officer lost in action in 10 years.
It seems that 22 were lost in action.

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