How to pronounce “human shield”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (military) Civilians which a military group has deliberately placed combat targets near to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.
• (figurative, rhetoric) Third parties used cynically to divert attention away from accusations against oneself.

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Similar Sounds

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