Definition of combat

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Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..

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Defiance :: Defiance (n.) The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat..
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..
Hors De Combat :: Hors de combat () Out of the combat; disabled from fighting.
Antagonistical :: Antagonistical (a.) Opposing in combat, combating; contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces..
Soldier :: Soldier (n.) One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.
Combated :: Combated (imp. & p. p.) of Comba.
Battel :: Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager..
Combatant :: Combatant (a.) Contending; disposed to contend.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A screen for the combatants in ships.
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..
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..
Recreant :: Recreant (n.) One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch..
Tilt :: Tilt (v. i.) To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances..
Combat :: Combat (n.) A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.
Encounter :: Encounter (v. t.) A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter..
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..
Intercombat :: Intercombat (n.) Combat.
Militant :: Militant (a.) Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.
Agonistical :: Agonistical (a.) Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural..
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