I'm fully aware of the definition of isolated. There's no need to be pompous.
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This is an isolated incident, in that it has been seperated from the day to day warfare and death this area deals with.
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This limited and pedantic use of the word, with the accompanying qualifications, could just as easily be applied to the phrase "The attack in which I shot an insurgent was an isolated incident from the attack the following day when you also shot an insurgent."
I thought I had made myself clear when I simply stated that this kind of thing is more common in warfare than you may have thought or implied... I was obviously mistaken.
Mr Mephisto