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noun Psychiatry.

a posttraumatic stress disorder occurring among soldiers engaged in active combat, characterized by excessive autonomic arousal, psychic numbing, and persistent reliving of traumatic experiences.

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Also called combat fatigue, combat neurosis, shell shock.

Origin of battle fatigue

First recorded in 1940–45

OTHER WORDS FROM battle fatigue

bat·tle-fa·tigued, adjective

Words nearby battle fatigue

battle cruiser, battle cry, battledore, battledore placenta, battle dress, battle fatigue, battlefield, battlefront, battle group, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, battle jacket

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How to use battle fatigue in a sentence

The U.S. military just unveiled a new effort to get Iraqis ready to battle ISIS.
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First, as opposition to gay marriage collapses, American anti-LGBT activists will slow their battle against it.
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It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.
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The audio message featured the words, “the real battle in Lebanon is yet to begin.”
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The Daily Beast spoke to a jubilant League on Tuesday about the behind-the-scenes battle to get The Interview to movie theaters.
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A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
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Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.
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After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
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He was a distinguished warrior under Francis I, mortally wounded at the battle of Marignan.
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It was under his auspices that the battle of Lepanto was fought, in which the Turks were so signally defeated.
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British Dictionary definitions for battle fatigue

battle fatigue

noun

psychol a type of mental disorder, characterized by anxiety, depression, and loss of motivation, caused by the stress of active warfareAlso called: combat fatigue See also shell shock

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Medical definitions for battle fatigue

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