hand-to-hand combat

  • 11combat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fierce, intense, mortal ▪ armed, unarmed ▪ close, hand to hand ▪ …

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  • 12hand-to-hand — adjective being at close quarters (Freq. 2) hand to hand fighting • Similar to: ↑close * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: hand to hand 1. : being at very close quarters …

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  • 13combat — Synonyms and related words: Kilkenny cats, action, aerial combat, affray, all out war, altercation, antagonize, appeal to arms, argument, armed combat, armed conflict, armored combat, attack, battle, battle royal, beat against, beat up against,… …

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  • 14Hand of Glory — The Hand of Glory is the dried and pickled hand of a man who has been hanged, often specified as being the left (Latin: sinister) hand, or else, if the man were hanged for murder, the hand that did the deed. According to old European beliefs, a… …

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  • 15Combat in film — Staged fights in Cinema include performances of classical fencing, historical fencing, martial arts, close combat and duels in general, as well as choreography of full scale battles. Contents 1 Asian martial arts 2 Battles 3 …

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  • 16combat — 01. Doctors are trying to [combat] the spread of AIDS with a new miracle drug. 02. He was killed in [combat] during the Second World War. 03. The government is trying to [combat] inflation by freezing salaries in the public sector. 04. The… …

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  • 17combat — com|bat1 [ˈkɔmbæt US ˈka:m ] n 1.) [U] fighting, especially during a war in combat ▪ Corporal Gierson was killed in combat. ▪ We flew over 200 combat missions . ▪ training in unarmed combat (=fighting without weapons) mortal combat (=fighting… …

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  • 18Combat School — For the Canadian documentary television series, see Combat School (TV series). Combat School Developer(s) Konami Publisher(s) Konami …

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  • 19combat — ♦♦♦ combats, combating, combatting (present participle), combated, combatted (past tense & past participle) (The noun is pronounced [[t]kɒ̱mbæt[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]kəmbæ̱t[/t]].) 1) N UNCOUNT Combat is fighting that takes place in a… …

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  • 20hand-to-hand — also hand to hand ADJ: ADJ n Hand to hand fighting is fighting where the people are very close together, using either their hands or weapons such as knives. There was, reportedly, hand to hand combat in the streets... He suffered two broken ribs… …

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