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combatsnounpl. of combat 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 battles, clashes, conflicts, contests, dustups, fights, fracases(or British fracas), frays, hassles, scraps, scrimmages, scrums, scuffles, skirmishes, struggles, tussles pitched battles, rough-and-tumblesaffrays(chiefly British), battles royal(or battle royals or battles royale or battle royales), brawls, broils, donnybrooks, free-for-alls, melees(also mêlées), mix-ups, ruckuses, ructionsblows, fistfights, fisticuffs, grapples, handgrips, punch-outs, punch-ups(chiefly British), slugfestsconfrontations, duels, face-offs, joustsaltercations, argle-bargles(chiefly British), arguments, argy-bargies(chiefly British), contretemps, controversies, cross fires, disagreements, disputes, fallings-out(or falling-outs), kickups, misunderstandings, quarrels, rows, spats, squabbles, tangles, tiffs, wranglescatfights truces an earnest effort for superiority or victory over anotherthe fierce ideological combat between the religionists and the secularists ball games, battles, competitions, conflicts, confrontations, contentions, contests, dogfights, duels, face-offs, grapples, matches, rivalries, strifes, struggles, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tugs-of-war, warfares, wars horse races, nail-bitersshowdownsclashes, collisions, discords, frictionsarguments, controversies, debates, disagreements, disputations, disputes, dissensions(also dissentions), quarrels, rows, wrangles concords, harmonies, peaces combatsverbpresent tense third-person singular of combatto oppose (someone) in physical conflicta general eager to combat the enemy on his own ground battles, clashes (with), fights, scrimmages (with), skirmishes (with), wars (against) duels, joustsbangs, bashes, bats, batters, beats, belts, bludgeons, bops, buffets, clobbers, hammers, hits, knocks, pastes, pounds, punches, slams, slaps, slogs, slugs, smacks, smites, socks, strikes, swats, swipes, thumps, thwacks, wallops, whacks, whalesboxes, sparsbrawlsgrapples, scuffles, tussles, wrestlesbumps, collides gives up, submits, surrenders to strive to reduce or eliminatemust marshal all of our resources to combat this disease battles, contends (with), counters, fights, opposes, oppugns baffles, checkmates, foils, frustrates, resists, thwarts, withstandsconfronts, defies, faces, meets advances, cultivates, encourages, forwards, fosters, furthers, nourishes, nurtures, promotes abides, bears, endures, suffersadvocates, backs, champions, endorses(also indorses), supports, upholds |