battle
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: conflict, engagement, fight |
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Related Words: Armageddon, Battle of Britain, Drogheda, action, armed combat, assault, combat, military action, naval battle, pitched battle |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: combat |
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Related Words: fight, struggle, wrestle |
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(noun) an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" |
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Synonyms: struggle |
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Related Words: attempt, duel, effort, endeavor, endeavour, joust, scramble, scuffle, tilt, try |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: conflict, struggle |
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Related Words: class struggle, class war, class warfare, combat, feud, fight, fighting, group action, insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising, strife, tug-of-war, uprising, war, warfare |
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