killed in action

English

Alternative forms

• killed-in-action

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Adjective

killed in action (not comparable)

1. (chiefly military) The designation for a member of an organization (primarily military) who has died while on duty.

   Synonym: KIA (initialism)

   Coordinate terms: missing in action, prisoner of war, absent without leave

   • 1942 January 6, Franklin Roosevelt, 1942 President's Annual Message to Congress‎^[1]:

     There were only some four hundred United States marines who in the heroic and historic defense of Wake Island inflicted such great losses on the enemy. Some of those men were killed in action; and others are now prisoners of war.

Derived terms

• kiyi

Translations

dead on duty

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• Finnish: kaatunut taistelussa
• French: mort au combat, mort en service
• Polish: zabity w akcji
• Russian: уби́т в бою́ m (ubít v bojú)
• Spanish: muerto en combate
• Ukrainian: уби́тий у бою́ (ubýtyj u bojú)