combat trousers

combats

/ (ˈkɒmbæts, -bəts, ˈkʌm-) /

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pl n

loose casual trousers with large pockets on the legs

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Words nearby combat trousers

combative, combat jacket, combat neurosis, combat-ready, combat team, combat trousers, combat zone, comb back, combe, Combe-Capelle man, combed yarn

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How to use combat trousers in a sentence

The Perfect Storm writer talks combat brotherhood and the threat posed by growing wealth inequality.
Sebastian Junger on War, Loss, and a Divided America|The Daily Beast Video|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The State Innovation Exchange, a Democratic group, has been set up to combat corporate-led right-wing organizations.
The Left’s Answer to ALEC|Ben Jacobs|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From 2012 to 2013, 31 men left Aarhus bound for combat in Syria.
What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe About Dealing with Terrorists|Scott Beauchamp|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was an attempt to combat a growing chill on free speech in Turkey while placing his newspaper at the center of the debate.
Turkey Arrests Journalists in Crackdown|Jesse Rosenfeld|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Excessive force to combat minor infractions of the law is the central issue today.
The GOP and Police Unions: A Love Story|Eleanor Clift|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He looked strangely out of place in the dusty combat uniform.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
The morning came and with it Shaffer, and with him five hundred and fifty men, eager for the combat.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
A pair of thin trousers and a shirt hanging down outside instead of being tucked in at the waist, and his toilet is made.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Wright and his followers regard the opsonic index as an index of the power of the body to combat bacterial invasion.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A little of the spurting blood had got on his dirty fingers, and he wiped his hands on the seat of his trousers.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various