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combatnoun active fighting during the course of a wara soldier who served throughout the war without actually seeing combat a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsthe two stags entered a furious combat for dominance of the herd battle, clash, conflict, contest, dustup, fight, fracas, fray, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scrum, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle pitched battle, rough-and-tumbleaffray(chiefly British), battle royal, brawl, broil, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ructionblows, fistfight, fisticuffs, grapple, handgrips, punch-out, punch-up(chiefly British), slugfestconfrontation, duel, face-off, joustaltercation, argle-bargle(chiefly British), argument, argy-bargy(chiefly British), contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wranglecatfight truce an earnest effort for superiority or victory over anotherthe fierce ideological combat between the religionists and the secularists ball game, battle, competition, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, dogfight, duel, face-off, grapple, match, rivalry, strife, struggle, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tug-of-war, war, warfare horse race, nail-bitershowdownclash, collision, discord, frictionargument, controversy, debate, disagreement, disputation, dispute, dissension(also dissention), quarrel, row, wrangle concord, harmony, peace combatverbto oppose (someone) in physical conflicta general eager to combat the enemy on his own ground battle, clash (with), fight, scrimmage (with), skirmish (with), war (against) duel, joustbang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, bop, buffet, clobber, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whalebox, sparbrawlgrapple, scuffle, tussle, wrestlebump, collide give up, submit, surrender to strive to reduce or eliminatemust marshal all of our resources to combat this disease battle, contend (with), counter, fight, oppose, oppugn baffle, checkmate, foil, frustrate, resist, thwart, withstandconfront, defy, face, meet advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote abide, bear, endure, sufferadvocate, back, champion, endorse(also indorse), support, uphold v.oppose, combat, resist, withstand mean to set oneself against someone or something.oppose can apply to any conflict, from mere objection to bitter hostility or warfare.opposed the plan combat stresses the forceful or urgent countering of something.combat disease resist implies an overt recognition of a hostile or threatening force and a positive effort to counteract or repel it.resisting temptation withstand suggests a more passive resistance.trying to withstand peer pressure in 1546 |