battle-fatigue

  • 1battle fatigue — n. COMBAT FATIGUE …

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  • 2battle fatigue — (izg. bȅtl fatȉg) m DEFINICIJA med. psih. sindrom opće iscrpljenosti vojnika i nekarakteristična neurotska slika kao posljedica ratnih napora ili ranjavanja ETIMOLOGIJA engl …

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  • 3battle fatigue — noun a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare • Syn: ↑combat fatigue, ↑combat neurosis, ↑shell shock • Hypernyms: ↑posttraumatic stress disorder, ↑PTSD * * * noun [noncount] : a mental illness that is caused by the experiences of …

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  • 4battle fatigue —    the inability to continue fighting    Not just tiredness from missed sleep or overexertion:     ... wondering suddenly how much guilty truth and how much honest battle fatigue there had been. (Price, 1979 an officer had admitted being a… …

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  • 5battle fatigue — battle fatigued, adj. Psychiatry. a posttraumatic stress disorder occurring among soldiers engaged in active combat, characterized by excessive autonomic arousal, psychic numbing, and persistent reliving of traumatic experiences. Also called… …

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  • 6battle fatigue — battle fa,tigue noun uncount OLD FASHIONED COMBAT FATIGUE …

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  • 7battle fatigue — battle fa.tigue n [U] old fashioned a type of mental illness caused by the frightening experiences of war, in which someone feels very anxious and upset …

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  • 8battle fatigue — noun A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle. Syn: shellshock, PTSD, combat fatigue …

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  • 9Battle fatigue — The World War II name for what is known today as post traumatic stress, this is a psychological disorder that develops in some individuals who have had major traumatic experiences (and, for example, have been in a serious accident or through a… …

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  • 10battle fatigue — noun Date: 1944 combat fatigue • battle fatigued adjective …

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