battle-damaged

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1. Damaged during battle.

   Wedel sighed and looked uneasily at the back of Holst’s battle-damaged Semovente.

   1980, Gunther Lutz, Attack Anzio!, Sphere, →ISBN, page 155

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   It is easier, faster and less expensive to replace battle-damaged areas of operational aircraft than to attempt to repair the damage on the scene.

   1971, United States Department of Defense, High School News Service, Report - High School News Service, Department of Defense, High School News Service, page 11

   The group lost a total of nine B-I7s on the mission, six over enemy-held territory and three battle-damaged planes abandoned over Britain.

   1979, Edward Jablonski, Airwar, Doubleday, page 191