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— English words —

• human␣shield n. Civilians deliberately placed in or around combat targets to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.
• human␣shield n. (Figurative, rhetoric) Third parties used cynically to divert attention away from accusations against oneself.

— English words, defined in German —

• human␣shield S. Kriegsführung: menschlicher Schutzschild.
• human␣shield S. Geiselnahme: menschlicher Kugelfang.

24 English words from 2 English definitions

accusations against around attacking attention away Civilians combat cynically deliberately deter divert enemy Figurative from oneself parties placed rhetoric targets Third Third␣parties those used

4 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Geiselnahme Kriegsführung menschlicher Schutzschild

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

human␣shields

36 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ans Ans ANS ans. eld 'eld hie hield hum Hum HUM human Human humans Humans man Man MAN -man man. Man. mans Mans MANs -mans NSH shi Shi shie shiel Shiel shield Shield Uma UMA Uman

17 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

amu AMU DLE HSN IHS lei Lei Lei. muh MUH Nam NAM 'nam 'Nam N.␣Am. SNA snam

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

human␣shields

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