Definition of combat

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Combat (n.) A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.

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Weapon :: Weapon (n.) An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc..
Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..
Monomachist :: Monomachist (n.) One who fights in single combat; a duelist.
Combative :: Combative (a.) Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
Recreant :: Recreant (a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven..
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops..
Battailant :: Battailant (v. i.) Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.
Fresh :: Fresh (superl) Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind..
Militant :: Militant (a.) Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.
Dueling :: Dueling (n.) The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.
Combated :: Combated (imp. & p. p.) of Comba.
Fray :: Fray (n.) Affray; broil; contest; combat.
Tournament :: Tournament (n.) A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle..
Encounter :: Encounter (v. i.) To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo..
Spat :: Spat (n.) Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension..
Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To separate combatants by intervening.
Rencounter :: Rencounter (n.) A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties..
Combatant :: Combatant (a.) Contending; disposed to contend.
Duel :: Duel (v. i. & t.) To fight in single combat.
Encounter :: Encounter (v. t.) A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter..
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