"KIA" meaning in English

See KIA in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /keɪ.aɪ.eɪ/
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} KIA (not comparable)
  1. (military) Initialism of killed in action. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: killed in action Categories (topical): Military, Death, People Related terms: MIA [military, war, government, politics]
    Sense id: en-KIA-en-adj-XP1c7RnS Disambiguation of Death: 60 40 Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 43 1 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 43 1 10 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (killed in action): K.I.A., K. I. A.
Disambiguation of 'killed in action': 46 54

Noun

IPA: /keɪ.aɪ.eɪ/ Forms: KIAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} KIA (plural KIAs)
  1. (military) A person who is killed in action. Categories (topical): Military, People, War Related terms: kiyi
    Sense id: en-KIA-en-noun-ddNJLRH2 Disambiguation of People: 51 49 Disambiguation of War: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 43 1 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 43 1 10 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (killed in action): K.I.A., K. I. A.
Disambiguation of 'killed in action': 46 54

Inflected forms

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          "_dis": "51 49",
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        "(military) A person who is killed in action."
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    {
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    }
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          "_dis": "60 40",
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          "name": "Death",
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