combat
Use Combat in a sentence
com·bat
[v. kuh
m-bat, kom-bat, kuhm-; n. kom-bat, kuhm-] verb, com·bat·ed, com·bat·ing or (especially British) com·bat·ted, com·bat·ting, noun verb (used with object)
1.
to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
verb (used without object)
2.
to battle; contend: to combat with disease.
noun
3.
Military. active, armed fighting with enemy forces.
4.
a fight, struggle, or controversy, as between two persons, teams, or ideas.
Origin:
1535–45; < Middle French combat (noun), combattre (v.) < Late Latin combattere, equivalent to Latin com- com- + Late Latin battere, for Latin battuere to strike, beat
1535–45; < Middle French combat (noun), combattre (v.) < Late Latin combattere, equivalent to Latin com- com- + Late Latin battere, for Latin battuere to strike, beat
Related forms
com·bat·a·ble, adjective
in·ter·com·bat, noun
pre·com·bat, noun, verb, pre·com·bat·ed, pre·com·bat·ing or (especially British) pre·com·bat·ted, pre·com·bat·ting.
self-com·bat·ing, adjective
un·com·bat·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1, 2. struggle, contest.
1, 2. struggle, contest.
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| combat | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a fight, conflict, or struggle |
| 2. | a. an action fought between two military forces |
| b. (as modifier): a combat jacket | |
| 3. | single combat a fight between two individuals; duel |
| 4. | close combat, hand-to-hand combat fighting at close quarters |
| —vb , -bats, -bating, -bated | |
| 5. | (tr) to fight or defy |
| 6. | (intr; |
| [C16: from French, from Old French combattre, from Vulgar Latin combattere (unattested), from Latin com- with + battuere to beat, hit] | |
| com'batable | |
| —adj | |
| com'bater | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
combat
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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Example sentences
Viewed from this perspective, the right way to combat inequality and increase mobility is clear.
For now only powerful fungicides can fully combat the disease.
Fortunately, increased information seems to combat such miscalculations.
With dinosaur-on-dinosaur combat ruled out, the researchers looked at diseases that had been proposed to account for the damage.
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