Definition of combat

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

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Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc..
Sciomachy :: Sciomachy (n.) A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.
Fighter :: Fighter (n.) One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.
Combat :: Combat (v. i.) To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight..
Recreant :: Recreant (n.) One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch..
Rencounter :: Rencounter (n.) A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties..
Battel :: Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager..
Box :: Box (v. i.) To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar..
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..
Combattant :: Combattant (a.) In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant..
Boxing :: Boxing (n.) The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Militant :: Militant (a.) Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.
Darrain :: Darrain (v. t.) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..
Dueling :: Dueling (n.) The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.
Battailant :: Battailant (v. i.) Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.
Gladiatorian :: Gladiatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general..
Cope :: Cope (v. i.) To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with..
Knightly :: Knightly (a.) Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit..
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