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Combat

Combat Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Combat? [n] an engagement fought between two military forces [n] the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets" [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 Combat: armed combat \| battle \| fighting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Combat: action \| aerial combat \| affray \| all-out war \| altercation \| antagonize \| appeal to arms \| argument \| armed combat \| armed conflict \| armored combat \| attack \| battle \| battle royal \| beat against \| beat up against \| belligerence \| belligerency \| bickering \| bloodshed \| box \| brawl \| breast the wave \| broil \| brush \| buck \| buffet \| buffet the waves \| bullfight \| cat-and-dog life \| clash \| clash of arms \| close \| close with \| cockfight \| collide \| come to blows \| compete with \| conflict \| confrontation \| contend \| contend against \| contention \| contentiousness \| contest \| contestation \| controversy \| cut and thrust \| debate \| defy \| difference \| disagreement \| disputation \| dispute \| do battle \| dogfight \| duel \| embroilment \| encounter \| engagement \| enmity \| exchange blows \| exchange of blows \| fence \| feud \| fight \| fight a duel \| fight against \| fighting \| fire fight \| fray \| give and take \| give satisfaction \| grapple \| grapple with \| ground combat \| hand-to-hand combat \| hand-to-hand fight \| hostilities \| hostility \| hot war \| house-to-house combat \| join battle with \| jostle \| joust \| Kilkenny cats \| la guerre \| labor against \| litigation \| logomachy \| might of arms \| military operations \| militate against \| mix it up \| naval combat \| offer resistance \| open hostilities \| open war \| oppose \| opposition \| paper war \| passage of arms \| pitched battle \| polemic \| quarrel \| quarreling \| quarrelsomeness \| rassle \| reluct \| reluctate \| repel \| resort to arms \| riot \| rival \| rumble \| run a tilt \| running fight \| scramble \| scrapping \| scrimmage \| scuffle \| shooting war \| shoving match \| skirmish \| spar \| squabbling \| stand-up fight \| state of war \| stem the tide \| street fight \| strife \| strive \| strive against \| struggle \| struggle against \| take on \| tauromachy \| the sword \| thrust and parry \| tilt \| total war \| tourney \| traverse \| tug-of-war \| tussle \| vendetta \| vie with \| wage war \| war \| war of words \| warfare \| warmaking \| warring \| wartime \| withstand \| words \| wrangling \| wrestle See Also \| affaire d'honneur \| affray \| aggression \| banging \| battering \| battle \| beating \| belligerency \| blow \| brawl \| brush \| clash \| conflict \| cut-and-thrust \| disturbance \| dogfight \| duel \| encounter \| engagement \| fencing \| fight \| fight \| fistfight \| fisticuffs \| fray \| free-for-all \| gang fight \| gunfight \| gunplay \| hassle \| hostility \| impact \| in-fighting \| knife fight \| rough-and-tumble \| ruffle \| rumble \| scuffle \| set-to \| shock \| shootout \| skirmish \| slugfest \| snickersnee \| struggle \| struggle \| swordplay \| tussle \| war \| warfare \| whipping \| wrestle Combat In Webster's Dictionary \Com"bat\ (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Combated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combating}.] [F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See {Batter}.] To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon. \Com"bat\, v. t. To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. When he the ambitious Norway combated. --Shak. And combated in silence all these reasons. --Milton. Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled. --Goldsmith. Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent. \Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.] 1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. --Shak. The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. {Single combat}, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also, a duel. Syn: A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See {Battle}, {Contest}.

Combat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Combat?

[n] an engagement fought between two military forces
[n] the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"
[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 Combat: armed combat | battle | fighting

Combat In Webster's Dictionary

\Com"bat\ (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Combated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Combating}.] [F. combattre; pref. com- +
battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See {Batter}.]
To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

      To combat with a blind man I disdain.    --Milton.

      After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated
      only for the choice of masters.          --Gibbon.


\Com"bat\, v. t.
To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend
against; to resist.

      When he the ambitious Norway combated.   --Shak.

      And combated in silence all these reasons. --Milton.

      Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled.
                                               --Goldsmith.

Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn;
     antagonize; repel; resent.


\Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.]
1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.

         My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. --Shak.

         The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was
         fought in Paulina.                    --Shak.

2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in
   which the parties engaged are not armies.

{Single combat}, one in which a single combatant meets a
   single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath;
   also, a duel.

Syn: A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention;
     struggle; fight, strife. See {Battle}, {Contest}.

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