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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Duel :: Duel (n.) A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other..
Combatant :: Combatant (n.) One who engages in combat.
List :: List (v. t.) To inclose for combat; as, to list a field..
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..
Battailant :: Battailant (n.) A combatant.
Melee :: Melee (n.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
Duel :: Duel (v. i. & t.) To fight in single combat.
Knightly :: Knightly (a.) Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit..
Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To separate combatants by intervening.
Encounter :: Encounter (v. i.) To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo..
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..
Combative :: Combative (a.) Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
Hors De Combat :: Hors de combat () Out of the combat; disabled from fighting.
Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Marshal :: Marshal (n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists..
Cartel :: Cartel (n.) A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat.
Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.
Joust :: "Joust (v. i.) To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt..
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