Definition of combat

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Combat (n.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.

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Hors De Combat :: Hors de combat () Out of the combat; disabled from fighting.
Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..
Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..
Joust :: Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
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..
Monomachist :: Monomachist (n.) One who fights in single combat; a duelist.
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..
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..
List :: List (v. t.) To inclose for combat; as, to list a field..
Encounter :: Encounter (v. t.) A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter..
Knightly :: Knightly (a.) Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit..
Part :: Part (n.) Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent..
Boxing :: Boxing (n.) The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring.
Gladiator :: Gladiator (n.) One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.
Monomachy :: Monomachy (n.) A duel; single combat.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against..
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..
Combatable :: Combatable (a.) Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments..
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