Definition of Combating

1. Verb. (past of combat) ¹

2. Verb. (alternative spelling of combatting) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Combating

1. combat [v] - See also: combat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Combating

combat injury
combat intelligence
combat mission
combat neurosis
combat pay
combat pilot
combat ship
combat sport
combat zone
combatable
combatant
combatants
combated
combater
combaters
combating (current term)
combative
combatively
combativeness
combativenesses
combats
combatted
combatting
combatworthy
combe
combed
combeite
comber
combers
combes

Literary usage of Combating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Emil Von Behring: Infectious Disease, Immunology, Serum Therapy by Derek S. Linton (2005)
"combating Tuberculosis Behring delivered this lengthy and highly controversial address to the venerable Assembly of Natural Scientists and Doctors in Kassel ..."

2. The Journal of Negro History by Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc (1922)
"For more than thirty years I have been combating with all my might the theory of slave-holding sovereignty set forth in that article. ..."

3. Germany by OECD Staff (2005)
"combating high levels of unemployment There is no doubt that Germany has an unemployment rate that is both high and persistent compared with both OECD and ..."

4. Owed Justice: Thai Women Trafficked Into Debt Bondage in Japan by Kinsey Dinan (2000)
"105 Other relevant standards for combating trafficking in women The United ... I0* combating trafficking in women requires policies and practices designed ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Such was their success in combating the errors of the Calviniste and in preserving the Faith in many cantoni that to this day they are accorded a privileged ..."

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