8 September 2018

hors de combat

[awr duh kawn-ba]

adverb, adjective, French.

1. out of the fight; disabled; no longer able to fight.

Dictionary.com

Examples from the Web for hors de combat

Historical Examples

I wouldn’t have troubled you to send for me, only the tandem’s hors de combat.
Frank Fairlegh
Frank E. Smedley

He is not hors de combat on the plain, or one could see him even ten miles off.
The Rifle Rangers
Captain Mayne Reid

“I am glad to say that Legrand’s safe, but hors de combat,” I went on.
Hurricane Island
H. B. Marriott Watson

More than two hundred were hors de combat, most of them killed.
Famous Sea Fights
John Richard Hale

The lecturer on Church and State was hors de combat ; he was in charity with all men.
Salem Chapel, v.1/2
Mrs. Oliphant

The headlight was hors de combat ; only the “dimmer” would work.
Across America by Motor-cycle
C. K. Shepherd

A little while before it had been Jim’s motor which was hors de combat.
The Hero of Panama
F. S. Brereton

On my way I passed a Tank which, for the time being, was hors de combat.
How I Filmed the War
Lieut. Geoffrey H. Malins

And so far was he successful that already he had put two hors de combat.
In the Day of Adversity
John Bloundelle-Burton

Dr. Downie was frightened, and Panky so muddled as to be hors de combat.
Erewhon Revisited
Samuel Butler

Anagram

cobras method
marched boots
both comrades

Today’s quote

Instinct is something that transcends knowledge.

– Nikola Tesla

On this day

8 September – International Day of Literacy.

8 September 1504 – Michelangelo unveils his iconic sculpture, ‘David‘.

8 September 1930 – Richard Drew invents ‘scotch’ tape, the world’s first transparent, adhesive tape … otherwise known as ‘sticky tape’.

8 September 1966 – Star Trek premiers on NBC TV in the U.S.

8 September 2006 – death of Peter Brock, Australian car racing legend. Born 26 February 1945.