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com⋅bat

  [v. kuhm-bat, kom-bat, kuhm-; n. kom-bat, kuhm-] verb, -bat⋅ed, -bat⋅ing or (especially British) -bat⋅ted, -bat⋅ting, noun
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–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; < MF combat (n.), combattre (v.) < LL combattere, equiv. to L com- com- + LL battere, for L battuere to strike, beat

Related forms:
com⋅bat⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1, 2. struggle, contest.
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com·bat   (kəm-bāt', kŏm'bāt')   
v.   com·bat·ed or com·bat·ted, com·bat·ing or com·bat·ting, com·bats

v.   tr.

  1. To oppose in battle; fight against.

  2. 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')

  1. Of or relating to combat: flew 50 combat missions.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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