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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 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.
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Combatting
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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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, -bat·ed, -bat·ing or (especially British) -bat·ted, -bat·ting.
self-com·bat·ing, adjective
un·com·bat·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDun·com·bat·ed, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1, 2. struggle, contest.
1, 2. struggle, contest.
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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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