combat
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(noun) an engagement fought between two military forces |
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Synonyms: armed combat |
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Related Words: aggression, battle, belligerency, conflict, engagement, fight, hostility |
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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: battle |
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Related Words: fight, struggle, wrestle |
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(noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets" |
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Synonyms: fight, fighting |
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Related Words: affaire d'honneur, affray, banging, battering, battle, beating, brawl, brush, clash, conflict, cut-and-thrust, disturbance, duel, encounter, fencing, fistfight, fisticuffs, fray, free-for-all, gang fight, gunfight, gunplay, hassle, impact, in-fighting, knife fight, rough-and-tumble, ruffle, rumble, scuffle, set-to, shock, shootout, skirmish, slugfest, snickersnee, struggle, swordplay, tussle, whipping |
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