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| NOUN | 1 | combat, armed combat | An engagement fought between two military forces |
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| 2 | combat, fight, fighting, scrap | The act of fighting | |
| VERB | 1 | combat, battle | Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle |
| Sounds | kaa'mbaet; kahmbae't |
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| Rhymes | acrobat, Arafat, aristocrat, and 60 more rhymes in aet... |
| Meaning | An engagement fought between two military forces. |
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| Synonyms | armed combat |
| Part of | war, warfare |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
| Broader | battle, conflict, fight, engagement |
| Narrower | hostilities, belligerency; trench warfare; aggression |
| Verbs | combat |
| Meaning | The act of fighting. Any contest or struggle. |
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| Synonyms | fight, fighting, scrap |
| Parts | blow |
| Broader | conflict, struggle, battle |
| Narrower | gunfight, gunplay, shootout; brush, clash, encounter, skirmish; close-quarter fighting; dogfight; fencing; in-fighting; set-to; shock, impact; hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble; duel, affaire d'honneur; fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest; battering, banging; beating, whipping; affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle; brawl, free-for-all; knife fight, snickersnee, cut-and-thrust; rumble, gang fight; single combat |
| Verbs | combat |
| Meaning | Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races" |
| Synonyms | battle |
| Broader | contend, fight, struggle |
| Narrower | dogfight; wrestle |
| Adjectives | combatant; combative; combatant; combative |
| Nouns | combat; combat; combatant |
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