They are hors de combat, literally, out of combat, until such time as they take a hostile action such as attempting to escape. |
A person who is recognized or who, in the circumstances, should be recognized to be hors de combat shall not be made the object of attack. |
He is not hors de combat on the plain, or one could see him even ten miles off. |
Attacks against civilian population and hors de combat are also included in this definition. |
Taff Vale judge-made law renders the labor union hors de combat at a stroke. |
The Geneva Conventions impose on those that become hors de combat the obligation to cease all combatant actions. |