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Define Combat:

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

 

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.

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To combat with a blind man I disdain. –Milton.

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After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated

only for the choice of masters. –Gibbon.

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

 

Combat \Com"bat\, v. t.

To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend

against; to resist.

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When he the ambitious Norway combated. –Shak.

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And combated in silence all these reasons. –Milton.

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Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled.

–Goldsmith.

 

Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn;

antagonize; repel; resent.

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

 

Combat \Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.]

1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.

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My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. –Shak.

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The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was

fought in Paulina. –Shak.

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2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in

which the parties engaged are not armies.

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Single combat, one in which a single combatant meets a

single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath;

also, a duel.

 

Syn: A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention;

struggle; fight, strife. See Battle, Contest.

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

 

combat

n 1: an engagement fought between two military forces [syn:

combat, armed combat]

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,

fighting, combat, scrap]

v 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, combat]

 

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