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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an engagement fought between two military forces;
[syn: combat, armed combat]

2. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle;
- Example: "a fight broke out at the hockey game"
- Example: "there was fighting in the streets"
- Example: "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
[syn: fight, fighting, combat, scrap]


VERB (1)

1. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle;
- Example: "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"
- Example: "We must combat the prejudices against other races"
- Example: "they battled over the budget"
[syn: battle, combat]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         To combat with a blind man I disdain.    --Milton.
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         After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated
         only for the choice of masters.          --Gibbon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Combat \Com"bat\, v. t.
   To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend
   against; to resist.
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         When he the ambitious Norway combated.   --Shak.
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         And combated in silence all these reasons. --Milton.
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         Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled.
                                                  --Goldsmith.

   Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn;
        antagonize; repel; resent.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Combat \Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.]
   1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.
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            My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. --Shak.
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            The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was
            fought in Paulina.                    --Shak.
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   2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in
      which the parties engaged are not armies.
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   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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

combat
    n 1: an engagement fought between two military forces [syn:
         combat, armed combat]
    2: 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]
    v 1: 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]