Sentence examples for legitimate combat from inspiring English sources

In his testimony Gibbs denied responsibility for the killings, saying the victims all died in legitimate combat.

He also said "storyboards" the Army creates to document combat deaths could provide "an alternative explanation to what happened," including justifying the deaths as the result from legitimate combat.

While some of accused admitted involvement and implicated Sergeant Gibbs from the moment the investigation began, in May 2010, Sergeant Gibbs consistently said he was not guilty, that all of the killings happened in what he believed were legitimate combat situations.

— The soldier accused of leading an Army unit that killed three unarmed civilians in Afghanistan last year believed he was engaging in legitimate combat at the time and has been made a scapegoat by others accused of the crimes, his lawyer said Monday.

It's basically the first legitimate combat footage to come out of the war there.

Thus, attainment of brown adipocyte features in white adipocytes has evolved as a legitimate strategy to combat obesity.

In this transitivity of speech and violence, physical violence becomes a legitimate means of combatting violent speech.

There's a bond that's almost inexplicable between the wrestlers and the service members, although one form of combat is more legitimate than the other one.

Similar correlations were found both across and within platforms, suggesting that whilst removing the platform bias, ComBat method retains legitimate biological variation between the biologically distinct samples.

Jains agree with Hindus that violence in self-defense can be justified, and they agree that a soldier who kills enemies in combat is performing a legitimate duty.

While a lot was overblown — we spent an estimated $100 billion to combat Y2K — there were also legitimate concerns.