Definition of combat

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Combat (v. i.) To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight..

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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..
Flinch :: Flinch (v. i.) To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat..
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..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Combativeness :: Combativeness (n.) The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.
List :: List (v. t.) To inclose for combat; as, to list a field..
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..
Intercombat :: Intercombat (n.) Combat.
Knightly :: Knightly (a.) Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit..
Combating :: Combating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comba.
Dueling :: Dueling (n.) The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.
Gage :: Gage (n.) A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance..
Combatable :: Combatable (a.) Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments..
Noncombatant :: Noncombatant (n.) Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy..
Monomachist :: Monomachist (n.) One who fights in single combat; a duelist.
Combat :: Combat (v. i.) To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight..
Combated :: Combated (imp. & p. p.) of Comba.
Stickle :: Stickle (v. t.) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants..
Joust :: "Joust (v. i.) To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt..
Stour :: Stour (n.) A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion.
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