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Type Words
Synonyms prisoner of war
Type of captive, prisoner

Examples of pow

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After his release in a POW exchange, he designed his own hinged prosthetic limb.
From the post-gazette.com
After 10 months in the POW camp, the Russian army was approaching from the East.
From the thestate.com
He flew a real cloth POW-MIA flag beside it, for the friends he lost in Vietnam.
From the omaha.com
What is important is that everyone support and work within the POW organization.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In 2008, he was also serving as the head of a Virginia state ex-POW association.
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During the 1980s and 1990s, he was regular speaker at KLB Club and POW reunions.
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But with opposition groups boycotting the event, it is more of a regime pow-wow.
From the economist.com
But following that meeting, Simonds said the players had a pow-wow of their own.
From the stltoday.com
The soldier had mistaken him for a local and not realized he was an American POW.
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  • Prisoner of war: a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in time of war
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  • Pow! was a weekly British comic published by Odhams Press in 1967 and 1968 from their headquarters at 64 Long Acre, London. Part of their Power Comics imprint, it was printed on newsprint stock, in black-and-white except for its colour front and back covers, and initially comprised 28 pages.
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  • The sound of a violent impact; The sound of an explosion; Represents the sound of a violent impact, such as a punch; Represents the sound of an explosion
  • Prisoner of war; a person captured or interned by a belligerent power during war. The Geneva Convention of 1949 established standards for the protection and humane treatment of prisoners of war and broadened the term to include guerrillas or civilians who openly take up arms against an enemy, ...