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  • 1Combat — Com bat, n. [Cf. F. combat.] 1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. [1913 Webster] My courage try by combat, if thou dar st. Shak. [1913 Webster] The noble combat that twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. Shak. [1913… …

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  • 2combat, contest — Combat suggests a direct encounter, one actually involving physical force: The FBI is supposed to combat crime. The fight between the boxers was a frightful, bloody combat. Contest applies to either a friendly or a hostile struggle for a prize or …

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  • 3combat — [kəm bat′, käm′bat΄; kum′bat΄; ] for n. & adj. [, käm′bat΄] vi. combated or combatted, combating or combatting [Fr combattre < VL * combattere < L com , with + battuere, to beat, fight: see BATTER1] to fight, contend, or struggle vt. to… …

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  • 4Combat Wombat — Origin Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Genres Hip hop Years active 2000–present Labels Elefant Traks …

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  • 5combat — [n] battle action, affray, battle royal*, brush, brush off, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, flap, fray, jackpot*, mixup*, run in*, service, shoot out*, skirmish, struggle, war, warfare; concepts 86,106 Ant. accord, compromise,… …

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  • 6struggle — [n] hard try; fight to win attempt, battle, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, effort, encounter, endeavor, essay, exertion, free for all*, grind, hassle, jam, jump, labor, long haul*, pains*, roughhouse*, row, scramble, set to*, skirmish,… …

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  • 7Combat — Com bat (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Combated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combating}.] [F. combattre; pref. com + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See {Batter}.] To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 8struggle — I noun affray, agitation, attempt, battle, broil, certamen, clash, combat, competition, conflict, confrontation, contention, contestation, controversy, disagreement, dissension, effort, encounter, endeavor, engagement, essay, exertion, feud,… …

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  • 9Combat pour le socialisme — (French for Struggle for Socialism ) is the organ of the Working Committees of the Socialist Party in Senegal. It is published monthly since 1986.[1] This political magazine or journal related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by …

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  • 10combat — index affray, attack, belligerency, collision (dispute), compete, competition, conflict (noun), conflict …

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