Definition of "battle-damaged" [battle-damaged]

• Damaged during battle; showing any damage from battle (adjective)

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• "Brent Diefenbach, a B-52 aircraft commander who had just returned from a mission in the North, sat in a crew bus, waiting to cross the end of the runway as Hymel's battle-damaged bomber neared the runway lights."
• "We can see why they indulge in such childish shenanigans when their friends are facing a very realdeath and their job is spending hours upon hours patching up young battle-damaged soldiers."
• "How many more jail cells for the Johnny's who come home with battle-damaged minds?"