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Combats

A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

📖 Definitions of "Combats"

noun
  1. 1

    A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

  2. 2

    A struggle for victory

verb
  1. 1

    To fight; to struggle against.

    "It has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction."

  2. 2

    To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Combats"

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fightverb(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
battlenoun(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
fightingnounThe act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
armed combatnounan engagement fought between two military forces
gladiatorialOf or pertaining to a gladiator.
addressesnounDirection.
battlesnounan American experimental rock group, founded in 2002 in New York City by Ian Williams (formerly of Don Caballero and Storm & Stress).
confrontsverb(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
contrastsnoun(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
discouragesverb(transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
fightsnoun(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
gunshipsnoun(aviation) An armed helicopter tasked to attack the enemy.
interceptsnoun(transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
rebuffsnoun(transitive) To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
rejectsverb(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
resistsverb(intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
strivesverbTo try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
strugglesnounTo strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
eradicatesverb(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
counteractsverb(transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.

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