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humanshield (pluralhuman shields)

  1. (military)Civilians which amilitary group hasdeliberately placed combat targets near todeter an enemy from attacking those targets.
  2. (figurative, rhetoric) Third parties used cynically to divert attention away from accusations against oneself.
    • 2019 July 17, Talia Lavin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, inGQ[1]:
      And after the past few days, in which a fleet of Republicans and the president himself have utilized Jews ashuman shields for racist rhetoric, the Jews are tired, tired, tired of being used as defenses against naked racism, tired of being used to justify conditions at detention camps. Just plain tired.

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civilians placed in or around targets
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