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noun

Combat n.

A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. "My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st." "The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina."

(Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.

Single combat, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also, a duel.

Synonyms: A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See Battle, Contest.

verb

Combat v. t. (past & past part. combated or combatted; pres. part. combating or combatting) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. "When he the ambitious Norway combated." "And combated in silence all these reasons." "Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled."

Synonyms: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent.

Combat v. i. (past & past part. combated or combatted; pres. part. combating or combatting) To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. "To combat with a blind man I disdain." "After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters."

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