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Noun: combat  kómbat
  1. An engagement fought between two military forces
    - armed combat
     
  2. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle
    - fight, fighting, scrap
Verb: combat (combated,combating, also combatted,combatting)  kum'bat or 'kómbat
  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"
    - battle

Derived forms: combated, combating, combatting, combats, combatted

See also: combatant, combative

Type of: battle, conflict, contend, engagement, fight, struggle

Part of: war, warfare

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