Definition of combat

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

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Force :: Force (n.) Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation..
Sciomachy :: Sciomachy (n.) A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.
Combatable :: Combatable (a.) Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments..
Combated :: Combated (imp. & p. p.) of Comba.
Militant :: Militant (a.) Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.
List :: List (n.) A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat..
Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To separate combatants by intervening.
Agonistics :: Agonistics (n.) The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games..
Combativeness :: Combativeness (n.) A cranial development supposed to indicate a combative disposition.
Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter..
Battailant :: Battailant (v. i.) Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A screen for the combatants in ships.
Rencounter :: Rencounter (n.) A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties..
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..
Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant..
Cartel :: Cartel (n.) A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.
Dueling :: Dueling (n.) The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.
Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..
Combatant :: Combatant (n.) One who engages in combat.
Joust :: "Joust (v. i.) To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt..
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