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com·bat

combat

 
 
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part of speech: verb
pronunciation: km baet [or] kam baet
inflections: combats, combating, combatting, combated, combatted
definition: When you combat something, you fight against it.
The soldiers combated the enemy for as long as they could.Doctors combat disease in various ways.
synonyms:
battle, fight, oppose, resist
similar words:
attack, challenge, check, conflict with, contest, curb, dispute, halt, restrain
 
part of speech: noun
pronunciation: kam baet
definition: Combat is fighting, especially between armies in a war.
When their training was finished, the young soldiers were sent into combat.
synonyms:
action, battle, fight, struggle, war
similar words:
argument, disagreement, dispute, feud, quarrel
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