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human shield
human shieldn.1. A person who volunteers or is forced to take up a position at a likely military target as a means of forestalling an enemy attack.2. A person who is used as a shield by someone in a confrontation with the police in order to prevent capture.Translationshuman shield
One or more people strategically placed by a kidnapper, terrorist, or combatant to protect himself/herself from enemy firehuman shield Forensic medicine A person used to protect a kidnapper, terrorist, or combatant from gunfireHuman Shield
Human ShieldA military and political tactic in which civilians go to (or are placed in) a military target to dissuade an enemy attack. Human shields can protect military targets and have propaganda value if the enemy attacks anyway (which obviously could kill the civilians). |