'Combating' definitions:
Definition of 'Combating'
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]
Words containing 'Combating'
- Combat,
- Combatable,
- Combatant,
- Combated,
- Combater,
- 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