human shield

English - Turkish

Definition of human shield in English Turkish dictionary

(Politika, Siyaset) canlı kalkan

English - English

Definition of human shield in English English dictionary

If a group of people are used as a human shield in a battle or war, they are put in a particular place so that the enemy will be unwilling to attack that place and harm them. someone who is taken and kept as a prisoner by a criminal in order to protect the criminal from being killed, injured, or caught

Hyphenation

hu·man shield

Turkish pronunciation

hyumın şild

Pronunciation

/ˈhyo͞omən ˈsʜēld/ /ˈhjuːmən ˈʃiːld/