Definition of "noncombative" [noncombative]

• Not combative. (adjective)

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• "(CNN) - Most Congress members conducting town hall meetings this month have chosen a noncombative posture to deal with angry participants who disrupt the proceedings."
• "As for comparable sports, bowling had eight times as many injuries as dodgeball, golf had sixteen times as many injuries, and inline skating a noncombative, noncompetitive staple of P.E. programs designed by forward-thinking educationists produced thirty-three times as many injuries."
• "It was a stale response, but noncombative, and all I could manage just then."