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battle

/ battle /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
military action action
Kinds of:
Armageddon pitched battle naval battle combat armed combat
Has parts:
war warfare
Derived:
engage wage fight struggle combat
Domain:
military armed forces armed services
verb Sense 2
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"
Type of:
fight struggle
Kinds of:
dogfight wrestle
Derived:
fight fighting combat scrap armed combat
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 3
an energetic attempt to achieve something
"getting through the crowd was a real struggle"
"he fought a battle for recognition"
Type of:
attempt effort endeavor
Kinds of:
duel scramble scuffle joust tilt
Derived:
fight struggle
noun Sense 4
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"
Type of:
group action
Kinds of:
class struggle class war class warfare rebellion insurrection
Derived:
combat fight struggle
Semantic Complexity
54%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
42
Times Searched
3
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military action action Armageddon pitched battle naval battle combat armed combat fight struggle dogfight wrestle attempt