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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word invalided in this sentence from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country"? The doctor told me that the major's wife, who was very young and whom he had not married until he was definitely invalided out of the war, had died of pneumonia. to be promoted with medals or honors to be tortured in prisoner of war camps to be discharged in disgrace for not reporting to duty to be removed from service due to injury or illness

OpenStudy (misssmartiez):

to be removed from service due to injury or illness

OpenStudy (misssmartiez):

'out of the war,' 'had died of pneumonia.' are context clues of some sort of injury that caused him to be removed, later, died.

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