Troops were accused of indiscriminate killings of civilians.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►indiscriminate attacks/killing/violence/bombing etc
terrorists responsible for indiscriminate killing
►indiscriminate use
the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►attack
· This is especially important since, as mentioned above, the indiscriminate attacks of the 1939-45 War were generally justified as reprisals.
►use
· We also showed how the indiscriminate use of praise is a poor substitute for positive and specific feedback.· The social worker utilizing Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy should be wary of its indiscriminate use.· Here too, the report found, there was indiscriminate use of batons.
an indiscriminate action is done without thinking about what harm it might causeindiscriminate attacks/killing/violence/bombing etc terrorists responsible for indiscriminate killing the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers—indiscriminately adverb: Soldiers fired indiscriminately into the crowd.