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Dictionary of Nautical Terms
prisoners of war
Men who are captured after an engagement, who are deprived of their liberty until regularly exchanged, or dismissed on their parole.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
prisoners of war
Are soldiers captured during an engagement, siege, or continuance of hostilities, who are deprived of their liberty until regularly exchanged.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prisoners of war in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prisoners of war in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of prisoners of war in a Sentence
We will only participate in dialogue if there are regional and international guarantees and after prisoners of war are released.
Here were conditions for a mutual ceasefire, a civilized surrender of Azovstal, civilized conditions for our prisoners of war, and an exchange.
This is yet another example of the illegal, cynical and barbaric acts perpetrated by the Russian armed forces in the context of their reckless and unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, we call on the Russian military authorities to Ivan Fedorov immediately and to ensure that Ivan Fedorov health and safety is preserved. We urge the Russian authorities to fully respect the Geneva Conventions on combatants and non-combatant civilians and prisoners of war, as well as all relevant provisions of International Humanitarian Law.
Our military is succeeding there -- yesterday they defeated another attempt at an armored breakthrough in Mariupol, took prisoners of war, but for this the Russians are wiping the city out.
We do not trust this government that has killed prisoners of war and peaceful protesters, we will only participate in dialogue if there are regional and international guarantees and after prisoners of war are released.
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