Lexic.us

Definition of Combat

1. Verb. Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle. "Sam cannot combat Sue "; "They battled over the budget"

2. Noun. An engagement fought between two military forces.

3. Noun. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle. "The unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"

Definition of Combat

1. v. i. To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

2. v. t. To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist.

3. n. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.

Definition of Combat

1. Noun. A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To fight; to struggle for victory ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Combat

1. to fight against [v -BATED, -BATING, -BATS or -BATTED, -BATTING, -BATS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Combat

comb-growth test comb-jellies comb-jelly comb-out comb-over comb-overs comb ceramic comb jellies comb jelly comb out

comb over comb plate comb through combability combable combat (current term) combat-ready combat area combat armor suit combat armor suits

combat armour suit combat armour suits combat boot combat casualty combat ceiling combat disorders combat exhaustion combat fatigue combat fatigues combat injury

Literary usage of Combat

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

1. On War by Carl von Clausewitz, James John Graham, Frederic Natusch Maude (1908)
"(2) More precise definition of a combat—Independent combat—Partial combat—How the latter ... (7) Kinds of combat, according as its motive is positive or ..."

2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1875)
"Challenge to single combat. William's object in the message. Harold refuses the challenge ; his grounds of refusal. but a necessity beyond his control bad ..."

3. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"Prevention of combat-related Stress Reactions Building on research on veterans of Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf, DOD has undertaken an ambitious program to ..."

4. A Look at Tomorrow's Tactical Air Forces by Lane Pierrot, Jo A. Vines, Shaun Black (1997)
"US ground-combat units have weapons to defend themselves from attack by enemy aircraft, as do Navy ships. Many Navy ships have self-defense capabilities in ..."

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