Examples of 'were civilians' in a sentence

Meaning of "were civilians"

were civilians: This phrase denotes that a group of people were non-military individuals or non-combatants. They were not part of any armed forces or involved in armed conflicts

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were civilians
The rest were civilians and security forces.
They told the soldiers they were civilians.
There were civilians inside the second truck.
A large number of the reported casualties were civilians.
These guys were civilians six months ago.
He said the others who died were civilians.
Others were civilians with no previous military training.
Approximately one third of the victims were civilians.
Amid all this were civilians trying to escape.
And all these dead people were civilians.
Some were civilians and some members of the military.
It did not specify if the casualties were civilians or fighters.
We were civilians and we did not work for the police.
Daily to testify were civilians of the film.
It was confirmed that most of the victims were civilians.

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The three terrorists were civilians as civilians.
These were civilians that had little military experience.
He added that all the injured were civilians.
Most of these were civilians from their own people.
This time the victims were civilians.
The victims were civilians or soldiers who were no longer able to fight.
The majority of these people were civilians.
Many were civilians from professional backgrounds rather than soldiers.
Those killed and injured were civilians including children.
It is believed that the majority of the injured were civilians.
Most of the people here were civilians without weapons.
A politician said at least some of the dead were civilians.
All casualties were civilians and male.
Of this number at least a third were civilians.
The detainees were civilians from vastly different backgrounds.
The majority of those killed were civilians.
There were civilians in the background.
The majority of those affected were civilians.
There were civilians around.
At least half of the casualties were civilians.
These were civilians who were killed.
All reported fatal casualties were civilians.
The majority of victims were civilians and half of them children.
The majority of those casualties were civilians.
Most of the victims were civilians and schoolgirls.
Syrian officials said the five killed were civilians.
Inside the church were civilians who had taken refuge.
The majority of the victims were civilians.
Most of the dead were civilians accused of supporting the guerrillas.
Ninety per centof them were civilians.
All were civilians without any connections to any armed group.
Where the first victims were civilians.
Still others were civilians reportedly arrested at checkpoints established by the thuwar.
It was unclear if all of the casualties were civilians.
He said seven victims were civilians and one remained unidentified.

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