combat
1. an engagement fought between two military forces (Freq. 14)
• Syn:
armed combat
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
battle, conflict, fight, engagement
• Hyponyms:
hostilities, belligerency, trench warfare, aggression
• Part Holonyms:
war, warfare
2. the act of fighting;
any contest or struggle (Freq. 1)
- a fight broke out at the hockey game
- there was fighting in the streets
- the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
• Syn:
fight, fighting, scrap
• Derivationally related forms:
scrappy (for: scrap), scrap (for: scrap), fight (for: fighting), fight (for: fight)
• Hypernyms:
conflict, struggle, battle
• Hyponyms:
gunfight, gunplay, shootout, brush, clash,
encounter, skirmish, close-quarter fighting, dogfight, fencing, in-fighting,
set-to, shock, impact, hassle, scuffle, tussle,
rough-and-tumble, duel, affaire d'honneur, fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest,
battering, banging, beating, whipping, affray, disturbance,
fray, ruffle, brawl, free-for-all, knife fight, snickersnee,
cut-and-thrust, rumble, gang fight, single combat
• Part Meronyms:
blow
battle or contend against in or as if in a battle (Freq. 7)
- The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq
- We must combat the prejudices against other races
- they battled over the budget
• Syn:
battle
• Derivationally related forms:
combative, combatant, battle (for: battle), battler (for: battle)
• Hypernyms:
contend, fight, struggle
• Hyponyms:
dogfight, wrestle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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