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| 1. | a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo. |
| 2. | participation in such hostile encounters or engagements: wounds received in battle. |
| 3. | a fight between two persons or animals: ordering a trial by battle to settle the dispute. |
| 4. | any conflict or struggle: a battle for control of the Senate. |
| 5. | Archaic. a battalion. |
| 6. | to engage in battle: ready to battle with the enemy. |
| 7. | to work very hard or struggle; strive: to battle for freedom. |
| 8. | to fight (a person, army, cause, etc.): We battled strong winds and heavy rains in our small boat. |
| 9. | to force or accomplish by fighting, struggling, etc.: He battled his way to the top of his profession. |
| 10. | give or do battle, to enter into conflict; fight: He was ready to do battle for his beliefs. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME bataile < OF < VL *battālia for LL battuālia (neut. pl.) gladiatorial exercises, equiv. to battu(ere) to strike (see bate2) + -ālia, neut. pl. of -ālis -al2]
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battler, noun
—Synonyms 1. contest, conflict, war. Battle, action, skirmish mean a conflict between organized armed forces. A battle is a prolonged and general conflict pursued to a definite decision: the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. A skirmish is a slight engagement, often on the periphery of an area of battle: several minor skirmishes. An action can be a battle or a skirmish or can refer to actual fighting or combat: a major military action; action along the border; He saw action in the campaign. 2. warfare, combat, fighting. 10. conflict. 7. contest.
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bat·tle2
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Audio Help [bat-l] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -tled, -tling. Archaic.
| to furnish (a building or wall) with battlements; crenelate. |
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v. bat·tled, bat·tling, bat·tles v. intr. To engage in or as if in battle. v. tr. To fight against: battled the enemy; battled cancer. [Middle English batel, from Old French bataille, from Vulgar Latin *battālia, from Late Latin battuālia, fighting and fencing exercises, from Latin battuere, to beat.] bat'tler n. |
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A town of southeast England northwest of Hastings, near the site of the Battle of Hastings (1066). William the Conqueror built Battle Abbey to commemorate his victory here. Population: 4,987. |
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battle
1297, from O.Fr. bataille, from L.L. battualia "exercise of soldiers and gladiators in fighting and fencing," from L. battuere "beat" (see batter (v.)). Phrase battle royal "fight involving several combatants" is from 1672.
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| 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" |
| 2. | an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" [syn: struggle] |
| 3. | 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" [syn: conflict] |
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| 1. | battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" |
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battle
see half the battle; losing battle; pitched battle.
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battle [ˈbӕtl] noun
a fight between opposing armies or individuals
Example: the last battle of the war
battle [ˈbӕtl] verbExample: the last battle of the war
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to fight
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Battle Creek, MI (city, FIPS 5920) Location: 42.29885 N, 85.22902 W
Population (1990): 53540 (23252 housing units)
Area: 110.9 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49015, 49017
Battle Creek, IA (city, FIPS 4870) Location: 42.31685 N, 95.59930 W
Population (1990): 818 (343 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 51006
Battle Creek, NE (city, FIPS 3250) Location: 41.99904 N, 97.59867 W
Population (1990): 997 (389 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 68715
Battle Ground, IN (town, FIPS 3718) Location: 40.50999 N, 86.83848 W
Population (1990): 806 (301 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 47920
Battle Ground, WA (city, FIPS 4475) Location: 45.78203 N, 122.54106 W
Population (1990): 3758 (1376 housing units)
Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 98604
Battle Lake, MN (city, FIPS 3970) Location: 46.28883 N, 95.71512 W
Population (1990): 698 (406 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56515
Battle Mountain, NV (CDP, FIPS 4900) Location: 40.64152 N, 116.93772 W
Population (1990): 3542 (1431 housing units)
Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 89820
| U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau |
Battle
Bat"tail*ant\, a. [F. bataillant, p. pr. See Battle, v. i. ] [Obs.] Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike. --Spenser. -- n. A combatant. --Shelton.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Battle
Bat"tail*ous\, a. [OF. bataillos, fr. bataille. See Battle, n.] Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.] "In battailous aspect." --Milton.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Battle
Bat*tal"ia\, n. [LL. battalia battle, a body of troops. See Battle, n.]1. Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action. A drawing up the armies in battalia. --Jer. Taylor. 2. An army in battle array; also, the main battalia or body. [Obs.] --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Battle
Bat"tel\, n. [Obs. form. of Battle.] (Old Eng. Law) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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