in battle

idiom

: while fighting in a war
the brave warriors who died/fell in battle

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Neutra, 21, a fellow American-Israeli from New York, was killed in battle that same day, and his body remains in captivity. Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025 The play focuses on the assassination of the title character by a conspiracy headed by Brutus and Cassius and the defeat of the conspirators in battle by Caesar’s successors, the triumvirate of Marc Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus. JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025 Democrats see wins in battle for suburbia While some Democratic strongholds buttressed by working class voters have grown redder, the suburbs north of Indianapolis appear to be trending in the opposite direction. Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025 Lukashevych said both drones on display had been tested in battle. Anastasiia Malenko, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in battle

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“In battle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20battle. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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