📖 Definitions of "Combats"
noun
- 1
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
- 2
A struggle for victory
verb
- 1
To fight; to struggle against.
"It has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction."
- 2
To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Combats"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| fightingnoun | The act or process of contending; violence or conflict. |
| armed combatnoun | an engagement fought between two military forces |
| gladiatorial | Of or pertaining to a gladiator. |
| addressesnoun | Direction. |
| battlesnoun | an 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. |
| strivesverb | To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently. |
| strugglesnoun | To 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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