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| 1. | to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime. |
| 2. | to battle; contend: to combat with disease. |
| 3. | Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces. |
| 4. | a fight, struggle, or controversy, as between two persons, teams, or ideas. |
[Origin: 1535–45; < MF combat (n.), combattre (v.) < LL combattere, equiv. to L com- com- + LL battere, for L battuere to strike, beat
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com·bat·a·ble, adjective
—Synonyms 1, 2. struggle, contest.
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Combat
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v. com·bat·ed or com·bat·ted, com·bat·ing or com·bat·ting, com·bats v. tr.
v. intr. To engage in fighting; contend or struggle. n. (kŏm'bāt') Fighting, especially armed battle; strife. See Synonyms at conflict. adj. (kŏm'bāt')
[French combattre, from Old French, from Late Latin combattere : Latin com-, com- + Latin battere, to beat (alteration of battuere).] |
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combat (v.)
1489 (implied in combatant), from M.Fr. combattre, from L.L. combattere, from L. com- "with" (each other) + battuere "to beat, fight" (see batter (v.)). The noun is first recorded 1567.
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noun | |
| 1. | an engagement fought between two military forces |
| 2. | 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" [syn: fight] |
verb | |
| 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" [syn: battle] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
combat [ˈkombӕt, (American) kəmˈbat] noun
(an act of) fighting
Example: The two knights met each other in single combat.
combat [ˈkombӕt, (American) kəmˈbat] verbExample: The two knights met each other in single combat.
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to fight against; to oppose
Example: The residents of the town tried to combat the government's plans to build a motorway.
See also: combatantExample: The residents of the town tried to combat the government's plans to build a motorway.
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Combat
Bat"tle\, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. Battalia, 1st Battel, and see Batter, v. t. ]1. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat. 2. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life. The whole intellectual battle that had at its center the best poem of the best poet of that day. --H. Morley. 3. A division of an army; a battalion. [Obs.] The king divided his army into three battles. --Bacon. The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action. --Robertson. 4. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia. [Obs.] --Hayward. Note: Battle is used adjectively or as the first part of a self-explaining compound; as, battle brand, a "brand" or sword used in battle; battle cry; battlefield; battle ground; battlearray; battle song. Battle piece, a painting, or a musical composition, representing a battle. Battle royal. (a) A fight between several gamecocks, where the one that stands longest is the victor. --Grose. (b) A contest with fists or cudgels in which more than two are engaged; a m[^e]l['e]e. --Thackeray. Drawn battle, one in which neither party gains the victory. To give battle, to attack an enemy. To join battle, to meet the attack; to engage in battle. Pitched battle, one in which the armies are previously drawn up in form, with a regular disposition of the forces. Wager of battle. See under Wager, n. Syn: Conflict; encounter; contest; action. Usage: Battle, Combat, Fight, Engagement. These words agree in denoting a close encounter between contending parties. Fight is a word of less dignity than the others. Except in poetry, it is more naturally applied to the encounter of a few individuals, and more commonly an accidental one; as, a street fight. A combat is a close encounter, whether between few or many, and is usually premeditated. A battle is commonly more general and prolonged. An engagement supposes large numbers on each side, engaged or intermingled in the conflict.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Combat
Com"bat\ (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Combated; p. pr. & vb. n. Combating.] [F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See Batter.] To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Combat
Com"bat\, v. t. To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. When he the ambitious Norway combated. --Shak. And combated in silence all these reasons. --Milton. Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled. --Goldsmith. Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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