Definitions
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- adjective Pertaining to a
horseman who has gotten off his horse, or to something which has been removed from its usualmounting , as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dismount .
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Examples
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The constellation of leg-and-genital wounds are in large part the consequence of stepping on improvised explosive devices - homemade mines - and are known as "dismounted IED injuries."
Report reveals steep increase in war amputations last fall 2011
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The constellation of leg-and-genital wounds are in large part the consequence of stepping on improvised explosive devices - homemade mines - and are known as "dismounted IED injuries."
Report reveals steep increase in war amputations last fall 2011
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The constellation of leg-and-genital wounds are in large part the consequence of stepping on improvised explosive devices - homemade mines - and are known as "dismounted IED injuries."
Report reveals steep increase in war amputations last fall 2011
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Looking toward the future, David Williams wondered if the skills he had learned in dismounted drill might not be of some use after all.
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Looking toward the future, David Williams wondered if the skills he had learned in dismounted drill might not be of some use after all.
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But so-called dismounted operations come at a risk: Greater chance of harm to the troops.
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But so-called dismounted operations come at a risk: Greater chance of harm to the troops.
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IED attacks on so-called dismounted troops jumped nearly 60% this past spring compared with spring 2010, according to Pentagon data.
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IED attacks on so-called dismounted troops jumped nearly 60% this past spring compared with spring 2010, according to Pentagon data.
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Some of it, what we could call dismounted combat, which some might call hand-to-hand, but that's basically infantry moving through positions on the battlefield.
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