Combat word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "combat" word
[noun] the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"
[verb] battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
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\Com"bat\, v. t. To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. When he the ambitious Norway combated. --Shak. And combated in silence all these reasons. --Milton. Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled. --Goldsmith. Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent.
\Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.] 1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. --Shak. The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. --Shak. 2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. {Single combat}, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also, a duel. Syn: A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See {Battle}, {Contest}.
Synonyms for combat
armed combat, battle, fighting
See also: affaire d'honneur | affray | aggression | banging | battering | battle | beating | belligerency | blow | brawl | brush | clash | conflict | cut-and-thrust | disturbance | dogfight | duel | encounter | engagement | fencing | fight | fight | fistfight | fisticuffs | fray | free-for-all | gang fight | gunfight | gunplay | hassle | hostility | impact | in-fighting | knife fight | rough-and-tumble | ruffle | rumble | scuffle | set-to | shock | shootout | skirmish | slugfest | snickersnee | struggle | struggle | swordplay | tussle | war | warfare | whipping | wrestle |
Related terms: appeal to arms, armored combat, beat up against, bloodshed, buck, buffet the waves, close, compete with, controversy, fighting, fire fight, la guerre, might of arms, passage of arms, rumble, running fight, scrapping, scrimmage, street fight, strife, the sword, war of words
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Let's analyse "combat" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TABMOC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1545 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
combat: 6 + 1 = 7, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven. |
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