combat fatigue

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   a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

   Synonymsbattle fatiguecombat neurosisshell shock

   Broaderposttraumatic stress disorder

Questions about combat fatigue

What does combat fatigue mean?

combat fatigue means "a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare".

What is another word for combat fatigue?

Close synonyms include battle fatigue, combat neurosis, shell shock. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is combat fatigue a common word?

combat fatigue is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.