What does brother-in-arms mean?
Brother-in-arms means comrade in arms (fellow combatant or soldier).
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
comrade in arms (fellow combatant or soldier).
But the vengeance I told myself I was getting for Wrex felt like a lie. I could win the game but he wasn't coming back. Being forced to lose my in-game comrade-who I thought of as a virtual person of color and as a brother-in-arms-affected me in a forceful way that I never expected. Mass Effect made me look at myself and think about the way races, classes and individuals bring their histories to bear.
Use brother-in-arms when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brother-in-arms means comrade in arms (fellow combatant or soldier).
Common synonyms include fellow soldier, battle buddy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But the vengeance I told myself I was getting for Wrex felt like a lie. I could win the game but he wasn't coming back. Being forced to lose my in-game comrade-who I thought of as a virtual person of color and as a brother-in-arms-affected me in a forceful way that I never expected. Mass Effect made me look at myself and think about the way races, classes and individuals bring their histories to bear.
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