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combat

/ combat /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
an engagement fought between two military forces
Type of:
battle conflict fight
Kinds of:
hostility belligerency aggression
Has parts:
war warfare
Derived:
battle
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 scrap armed combat combatant
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 3
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
"a fight broke out at the hockey game"
"there was fighting in the streets"
"the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Type of:
conflict struggle battle
Kinds of:
gunfight gunplay shootout brush clash
Derived:
quarrel dispute scrap argufy altercate
Semantic Complexity
40%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
31
Times Searched
3
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battle conflict fight hostility belligerency aggression struggle dogfight wrestle gunfight gunplay shootout