hors de combat

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  1. French : hors, out + de, of + combat, combat.

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  1. French, out of the fight: hors, preposition, out, beyond, from Latin foris, out of doors, without (see forisfamiliate, forfeit); de, from Latin de, of; combat, fight: see combat.
 

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/ɔr də kɑnˈbɑ/
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