Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
KieliKäännökset
bulgariaчове́шки щит
espanjaescudo humano
hollantimenselijk schild
italiascudo umano
japani人間の盾 (にんげんのたて, ningen no tate)
kreikkaανθρώπινη ασπίδα (anthrópini aspída)
norjamenneskelig skjold
portugaliescudo humano
puolaludzka tarcza
ranskabouclier humain
ruotsimänsklig sköld
saksamenschlicher Schutzschild
suomiihmiskilpi
tanskamenneskelig skjold, human skjold
unkariljudski štit
venäjäживо́й щит (živói štšit), челове́ческий щит (tšelovétšeski štšit)

Määritelmät

Substantiivi

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

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkohuman shields

(military) Civilians which a military group has deliberately placed combat targets near to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.

Human shield war postcard by Sergey Solomko

(military) Civilians which a military group has deliberately placed combat targets near to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.

The Barricade by the American artist George Bellows, inspired by an incident in August 1914 where German soldiers used Belgian civilians as human shields

(military) Civilians which a military group has deliberately placed combat targets near to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.

UR-PSR, the Boeing 737-800 shot down by the IRGC while operating Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 on 8 January 2020. It has been speculated that Iran did not close its civil airspace following its attack on U.S. forces and used civilian airliners - along with their passengers and crew - as human shields in an attempt to avoid retaliatory strikes.