countercombatant

adjective2

1. •
   Targeting or countering combatants. (Describing, for example, a strike that targets enemy troop concentrations, as opposed to a counterindustrial strike that targets enemy industry.)

   • the popular understanding nor in the U.S. security elite community is there sufficient appreciation of the possibilities and requirements of a countercombatant strategy. — 2021
2. •
   Facing each other (like combattant animals), especially in on either side of a charge.

   • Arms. G. 2 lions countercombatant O. quartering A. on a pale B. 3—A. — 1790