Combat Definition

kəm-băt, kŏmbăt

combated, combating, combats, combatted, combatting

verb

combated, combating, combats, combatting

To fight or struggle against; oppose, resist, or seek to get rid of.

Webster's New World

To act or work in order to eliminate, curtail, or stop.

Efforts to combat crime; drugs that combat infection.

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To fight, contend, or struggle.

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noun

combats

Armed fighting; battle.

Webster's New World

Any struggle or conflict; strife.

Webster's New World

A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.

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adjective

Of or for combat.

Webster's New World

Intended for use or deployment in combat.

Combat boots; combat troops.

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Other Word Forms of Combat

Singular:

combat

Plural:

French combattre from Old French from Late Latin combattere Latin com- com- Latin battere to beat (alteration of battuere)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French, from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”).

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