Synonyms for HOSTAGES
hostages

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1. List of paraphrases for "hostages":

   hostage, hostage-taking, abductees, captives

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1. Major Filemon Tan:

   Our troops are pursuing the Abu Sayyaf who broke into small groups and withdrew to the interior of the island, this is part of our focused military operation to free foreign hostages held by the Abu Sayyaf.

2. Mark Hertling:

   That would have been an easy call because you are talking about large helicopters, a lot of hostages that you had to find, and a very tough mission given the distance and the enemy you were up against.

3. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   It's a tool that we introduced as part of our -- the accelerated operations to conduct raids of various kinds, seizing places and people, freeing hostages and prisoners of ISIL, and making it such that ISIL has to fear that anywhere, anytime, it may be struck.

4. Defense Ash Carter:

   Next, in full coordination with the Government of Iraq, we're deploying a specialized expeditionary targeting force to assist Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces and to put even more pressure on ISIL, these special operators will over time be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, and capture ISIL leaders.

5. William Safire:

   One difference between French appeasement and American appeasement is that France pays ransom in cash and gets its hostages back while the United States pays ransom in arms and gets additional hostages taken.