'Combat' definitions:
Definition of 'combat'
(from WordNet)
noun
An engagement fought between two military forces [syn: combat, armed combat]
noun
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]
verb
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]
Definition of 'Combat'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Combat'
From: GCIDE
- Combat \Com"bat\, v. t. To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. [1913 Webster]
- When he the ambitious Norway combated. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And combated in silence all these reasons. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled. --Goldsmith.
- Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Combat'
From: GCIDE
- Combat \Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.]
- 1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. [1913 Webster]
- My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'combat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- aerial combat,
- affray,
- all-out war,
- altercation,
- antagonize,
- appeal to arms,
- argument,
- armed combat,
- armed conflict,
- armored combat,
- attack,
- battle,
- battle royal,
- beat against,
- beat up against,
- belligerence,
- belligerency,
- bickering,
- bloodshed,
- box,
- brawl,
- breast the wave,
- broil,
- brush,
- buck,
- buffet,
- buffet the waves,
- bullfight,
- cat-and-dog life,
- clash,
- clash of arms,
- close,
- close with,
- cockfight,
- collide,
- come to blows,
- compete with,
- conflict,
- confrontation,
- contend,
- contend against,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contest,
- contestation,
- controversy,
- cut and thrust,
- debate,
- defy,
- difference,
- disagreement,
- disputation,
- dispute,
- do battle,
- dogfight,
- duel,
- embroilment,
- encounter,
- engagement,
- enmity,
- exchange blows,
- exchange of blows,
- fence,
- feud,
- fight,
- fight a duel,
- fight against,
- fighting,
- fire fight,
- fray,
- give and take,
- give satisfaction,
- grapple,
- grapple with,
- ground combat,
- hand-to-hand combat,
- hand-to-hand fight,
- hostilities,
- hostility,
- hot war,
- house-to-house combat,
- join battle with,
- jostle,
- joust,
- Kilkenny cats,
- la guerre,
- labor against,
- litigation,
- logomachy,
- might of arms,
- military operations,
- militate against,
- mix it up,
- naval combat,
- offer resistance,
- open hostilities,
- open war,
- oppose,
- opposition,
- paper war,
- passage of arms,
- pitched battle,
- polemic,
- quarrel,
- quarreling,
- quarrelsomeness,
- rassle,
- reluct,
- reluctate,
- repel,
- resort to arms,
- riot,
- rival,
- rumble,
- run a tilt,
- running fight,
- scramble,
- scrapping,
- scrimmage,
- scuffle,
- shooting war,
- shoving match,
- skirmish,
- spar,
- squabbling,
- stand-up fight,
- state of war,
- stem the tide,
- street fight,
- strife,
- strive,
- strive against,
- struggle,
- struggle against,
- take on,
- tauromachy,
- the sword,
- thrust and parry,
- tilt,
- total war,
- tourney,
- traverse,
- tug-of-war,
- tussle,
- vendetta,
- vie with,
- wage war,
- war,
- war of words,
- warfare,
- warmaking,
- warring,
- wartime,
- withstand,
- words,
- wrangling,
- wrestle
Words containing 'Combat'
- Combatable,
- Combatant,
- Combated,
- Combater,
- Combating,
- Combative,
- Combativeness,
- combatively,
- Single combat,
- armed combat,
- combat area,
- combat boot,
- combat casualty,
- combat ceiling,
- combat fatigue,
- combat injury,
- combat intelligence,
- combat mission,
- combat neurosis,
- combat pay,
- combat pilot,
- combat ship,
- combat zone,
- Hors de combat,
- air combat command,
- armored combat vehicle,
- armoured combat vehicle,
- combat-ready,
- salafast group for call and combat,
- disabled hors de combat out of action