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Battle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Battle? [n] an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" [n] a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" [n] an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [v] battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Battle: combat \| conflict \| engagement \| fight \| struggle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Battle: action \| Actium \| Adrianople \| Aegates Isles \| Aegospotami \| aerial combat \| affray \| Agincourt \| agonize \| all-out war \| altercation \| antagonize \| Antietam \| Anzio \| appeal to arms \| Arbela-Gaugamela \| Ardennes \| argument \| arm \| armed combat \| armed conflict \| armor \| armored combat \| armor-plate \| assail \| assault \| attack \| Austerlitz \| Ayacucho \| Balaclava \| bank \| Bannockburn \| barricade \| Bataan-Corregidor \| battle royal \| beat against \| beat up against \| belligerence \| belligerency \| Bismarck Sea \| Blenheim \| blockade \| bloodshed \| bombard \| Bosworth Field \| Bouvines \| box \| Boyne \| brawl \| breast the wave \| broil \| Brunanburh \| brush \| buck \| buffet \| buffet the waves \| bullfight \| bulwark \| Bunker Hill \| campaign \| Cannae \| Caporetto \| carry on hostilities \| castellate \| Chancellorsville \| clash \| clash of arms \| close \| close with \| cockfight \| collide \| combat \| come to blows \| compete with \| competition \| conflict \| contend \| contend against \| contest \| Crecy \| crenellate \| crusade \| cut and thrust \| dig in \| dispute \| dogfight \| duel \| Dunkirk \| El Alamein \| embattle \| embroilment \| encounter \| engage in hostilities \| engagement \| entrench \| exchange blows \| exchange of blows \| fence \| feud \| fight \| fight a duel \| fight against \| fighting \| fire fight \| Flodden \| Fontenoy \| fortify \| fracas \| fray \| Fredericksburg \| garrison \| Gaza \| Gettysburg \| give and take \| give satisfaction \| Granicus River \| grapple \| grapple with \| ground combat \| grunt and sweat \| Guadalcanal \| Hampton Roads \| hand-to-hand combat \| hand-to-hand fight \| hassle \| Hastings \| Hohenlinden \| hostilities \| hot war \| house-to-house combat \| huff and puff \| Inchon \| join battle with \| jostle \| joust \| la guerre \| labor against \| Long Island \| make war \| man \| man the garrison \| Marathon \| melee \| Midway \| might of arms \| military operations \| militate against \| mine \| mix it up \| naval combat \| offer resistance \| onset \| onslaught \| open hostilities \| open war \| oppugn \| palisade \| passage of arms \| pitched battle \| Poitiers \| quarrel \| rassle \| reluct \| reluctate \| resort to arms \| riot \| rival \| rumble \| run a tilt \| running fight \| scramble \| scrimmage \| scuffle \| Sedan \| shed blood \| shooting war \| shoving match \| Singapore \| skirmish \| Solferino \| sortie \| spar \| spill blood \| stand-up fight \| state of war \| stem the tide \| street fight \| strive \| strive against \| struggle \| struggle against \| take on \| tauromachy \| the sword \| thrust and parry \| tilt \| total war \| tourney \| tug \| tug-of-war \| tussle \| vie with \| wage war \| wall \| war \| warfare \| warmaking \| warring \| wartime \| Waterloo \| wrestle See Also \| action \| Armageddon \| armed combat \| assault \| attempt \| Battle of Britain \| class struggle \| class war \| class warfare \| combat \| counterinsurgency \| dogfight \| Drogheda \| duel \| effort \| endeavor \| endeavour \| feud \| fight \| fighting \| group action \| insurrection \| joust \| military action \| naval battle \| pacification \| pitched battle \| rebellion \| revolt \| rising \| scramble \| scuffle \| strife \| struggle \| tilt \| try \| tug-of-war \| uprising \| war \| warfare \| wrestle Battle In Webster's Dictionary \Bat"tle\, a. Fertile. See {Battel}, a. [Obs.] \Bat"tle\, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel}, and see {Batter}, v. t. ] 1. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat. 2. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life. The whole intellectual battle that had at its center the best poem of the best poet of that day. --H. Morley. 3. A division of an army; a battalion. [Obs.] The king divided his army into three battles. --Bacon. The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action. --Robertson. 4. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia. [Obs.] --Hayward. Note: Battle is used adjectively or as the first part of a self-explaining compound; as, battle brand, a ``brand'' or sword used in battle; battle cry; battlefield; battle ground; battlearray; battle song. {Battle piece}, a painting, or a musical composition, representing a battle. {Battle royal}. (a) A fight between several gamecocks, where the one that stands longest is the victor. --Grose. (b) A contest with fists or cudgels in which more than two are engaged; a m[^e]l['e]e. --Thackeray. {Drawn battle}, one in which neither party gains the victory. {To give battle}, to attack an enemy. {To join battle}, to meet the attack; to engage in battle. {Pitched battle}, one in which the armies are previously drawn up in form, with a regular disposition of the forces. {Wager of battle}. See under {Wager}, n. Syn: Conflict; encounter; contest; action. Usage: {Battle}, {Combat}, {Fight}, {Engagement}. These words agree in denoting a close encounter between contending parties. Fight is a word of less dignity than the others. Except in poetry, it is more naturally applied to the encounter of a few individuals, and more commonly an accidental one; as, a street fight. A combat is a close encounter, whether between few or many, and is usually premeditated. A battle is commonly more general and prolonged. An engagement supposes large numbers on each side, engaged or intermingled in the conflict. \Bat"tle\ (b[a^]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Battled} (-tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battling}.] [F. batailler, fr. bataille. See {Battle}, n.] To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories. To meet in arms, and battle in the plain. --Prior. \Bat"tle\, v. t. To assail in battle; to fight.

Battle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Battle?

[n] an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
[n] a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
[n] an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
[v] battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"

Battle In Webster's Dictionary

\Bat"tle\, a.
Fertile. See {Battel}, a. [Obs.]


\Bat"tle\, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle,
OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the
fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators,
fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel},
and see {Batter}, v. t. ]
1. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the
   divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement;
   a combat.

2. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.

         The whole intellectual battle that had at its center
         the best poem of the best poet of that day. --H.
                                               Morley.

3. A division of an army; a battalion. [Obs.]

         The king divided his army into three battles.
                                               --Bacon.

         The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the
         battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every
         action.                               --Robertson.

4. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear;
   battalia. [Obs.] --Hayward.

Note: Battle is used adjectively or as the first part of a
      self-explaining compound; as, battle brand, a ``brand''
      or sword used in battle; battle cry; battlefield;
      battle ground; battlearray; battle song.

{Battle piece}, a painting, or a musical composition,
   representing a battle.

{Battle royal}.
   (a) A fight between several gamecocks, where the one that
       stands longest is the victor. --Grose.
   (b) A contest with fists or cudgels in which more than two
       are engaged; a m[^e]l['e]e. --Thackeray.

{Drawn battle}, one in which neither party gains the victory.


{To give battle}, to attack an enemy.

{To join battle}, to meet the attack; to engage in battle.

{Pitched battle}, one in which the armies are previously
   drawn up in form, with a regular disposition of the
   forces.

{Wager of battle}. See under {Wager}, n.

Syn: Conflict; encounter; contest; action.

Usage: {Battle}, {Combat}, {Fight}, {Engagement}. These words
       agree in denoting a close encounter between contending
       parties. Fight is a word of less dignity than the
       others. Except in poetry, it is more naturally applied
       to the encounter of a few individuals, and more
       commonly an accidental one; as, a street fight. A
       combat is a close encounter, whether between few or
       many, and is usually premeditated. A battle is
       commonly more general and prolonged. An engagement
       supposes large numbers on each side, engaged or
       intermingled in the conflict.


\Bat"tle\ (b[a^]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Battled}
(-tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battling}.] [F. batailler, fr.
bataille. See {Battle}, n.]
To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over
theories.

      To meet in arms, and battle in the plain. --Prior.


\Bat"tle\, v. t.
To assail in battle; to fight.

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