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com·bat    Audio Help   (kəm-bāt', kŏm'bāt')  Pronunciation Key  v.   com·bat·ed or com·bat·ted, com·bat·ing or com·bat·ting, com·bats v.   tr. To oppose in battle; fight against. To oppose vigorously; struggle against. See Synonyms at oppose. v.   intr. To engage in fighting; contend or struggle. n.   (kŏm'bāt') Fighting, especially armed battle; strife. See Synonyms at conflict. adj.   (kŏm'bāt') Of or relating to combat: flew 50 combat missions. Intended for use or deployment in combat: combat boots; combat troops. [French combattre, from Old French, from Late Latin combattere : Latin com-, com- + Latin battere, to beat (alteration of battuere).]

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combat
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]

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combat [ˈkombӕt, (American) kəmˈbat] noun
combat [ˈkombӕt, (American) kəmˈbat] verb
See also: combatant

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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.

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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.

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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.

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