2. Verb. (alternative spelling of combating) ¹
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Definition of Combatting
1. combat [v] - See also: combat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Combatting
Literary usage of Combatting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. U. S. Strategy to Counter Domestic Political Terrorism by James B. Motley (1993)
"j INTELLIGENCE IN combatting TERRORISM ESTABLISHING THE PROPER BALANCE The US
antiterrorist program's primary goal must be to make terrorism a strategic ..."
2. American Pheasant Breeding and Shooting by Emmet Augustus Quarles (1916)
"CHAPTER X combatting VERMIN A volume might well be devoted to this subject alone
and it is impossible within the covers of this work to treat it in detail. ..."
3. Philosophy of osteopathy by Andrew Taylor Still (1899)
"... Etiquette— The Medical Doctor—An Explorer for Truth Must Be Independent—The
Diaphragm Introduced—\ Useful Study—combatting Effect—Is Least Understood—A ..."
4. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1846)
"Dr. Buckler does not propose the salt as an exclusive and empirical remedy, but
employs simultaneously, various means for combatting serious symptoms, ..."
5. How to Avoid, Prepare For, and Survive Being Taken Hostage: A Guide for ...by Defense Information Access Network by Defense Information Access Network (1987)
"... The Role of Congress in combatting Terrorism Terrorism is a bipartisan issue
and as the threat has increased, so has the resolve of Congress to ensure ..."
6. The Message, Lord Kitchener Lives by Ala Mana (1922)
"pletely under his control and I knew they never thought of combatting him.
Mercy to them was a thing unthought of. I felt my eyes fairly burning out of my ..."
7. The Prosperity of the South Dependent Upon the Elevation of the Negro by Lewis Harvie Blair (1889)
"... or Public and Compulsory, Schools only Methods of combatting Ignorance—South
Dependent on Wretched Public Schools—Tables of School Population and Number ..."
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