Definition of battle

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Battle (v. t.) The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia..

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Battlement :: Battlement (n.) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications.
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
Escape :: Escape (n.) The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape..
Crenel :: Crenel (n.) An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement..
Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle..
Enbattled :: Enbattled (a.) Embattled.
Risk :: Risk (n.) To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle..
Fighting :: Fighting (a.) Qualified for war; fit for battle.
Engagement :: Engagement (n.) An action; a fight; a battle.
Deploy :: Deploy (v. t. & i.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle..
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..
Embattle :: Embattle (v. t.) To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
Murdress :: Murdress (n.) A battlement in ancient fortifications with interstices for firing through.
Embattlement :: Embattlement (n.) The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.
Naumachy :: Naumachy (n.) A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight..
Batailled :: Batailled (a.) Embattled.
Engage :: Engage (v. i.) To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle..
Decimate :: Decimate (v. t.) To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease..
Battle :: Battle (v. t.) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat..
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