Synonyms for combat
kəmˈbæt, ˈkɒm bæt; ˈkɒm bætcom·bat

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1. combatverb

   To attack is to begin hostilities of any kind. A general invades a country by marching in troops; he attacks a city by drawing up an army against it; he assaults it by hurling his troops directly upon its defenses. Assail and assault, tho of the same original etymology, have diverged in meaning, so that assault alone retains the meaning of direct personal violence. One may assail another with reproaches; he assaults him with a blow, a brandished weapon, etc. Armies or squadrons charge; combat and encounter may be said of individual contests. To beset is to set around, or, so to speak, to stud one's path, with menaces, attacks, or persuasions. To besiege and beleaguer are the acts of armies. To encounter is to meet face to face, and may be said either of the attacking or of the resisting force or person, or of both.

   Synonyms:
   assail, assault, attack, attack, beleaguer, beset, besiege, charge, encounter, fall upon, invade, set upon, storm

   Antonyms:
   aid, befriend, cover, defend, protect, resist, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstand

   Preposition:
   We were attacked by the enemy with cannon and musketry.

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1. combatnoun

   Synonyms:
   encounter, conflict, contention, struggle, contest, engagement, arms, battle

   Antonyms:
   surrender, submission, mediation, reconciliation, truce, arbitration

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1. combat, armed combatnoun

   an engagement fought between two military forces

   Synonyms:
   fight, armed combat, fighting, scrap

2. fight, fighting, combat, scrapverb

   the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

   "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"

   Synonyms:
   bit, flake, battle, fleck, fighting, conflict, rubbish, trash, fight, scrap, competitiveness, armed combat, engagement, chip

3. battle, combatverb

   battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

   "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"

   Synonyms:
   battle

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1. combatverb

   Synonyms:
   fight, contend, struggle, contest, war

2. combatverb

   Synonyms:
   oppose, resist, withstand, contend against, battle with, struggle with, war against

3. combatnoun

   Synonyms:
   battle, fight, conflict, engagement, action, contest, encounter, rencounter, skirmish, brush, affair

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1. combatnoun

   Synonyms:
   contest bout, struggle, contention, fight, joust, battle

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1. List of paraphrases for "combat":

   combating, fight, fighting, counter, countering, battle, tackle, against, counteract, combatting, struggle, fighter, address, control, tackling, curb, counteracting, confront, suppress, battles, warfare, oppose, prevent, overcome

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1. Mike Nares:

   He invited me because he knew I was, at the time, going through a lot of mental demons from combat.

2. Albert Einstein:

   I believe that whoever tries to think things through honestly will soon recognize how unworthy and even fatal is the traditional bias against Negroes. What can the man of good will do to combat this deeply rooted prejudice He must have the courage to set an example by words and deed, and must watch lest his children become influenced by racial bias.

3. Adam Schiff:

   I continue to believe that we must not commit ground combat forces to the fight in Syria or Iraq.

4. Ellen Mowry:

   That being said, if the results are true, there are many compounds in coffee, so it's not clear which compound might be the cause. Caffeine is an attractive candidate and can impact the immune system, so perhaps it helps to combat the autoimmune process in some way.

5. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   We ought to have reacted far earlier, i am convinced that if we act faster and have a clear command structure in place, we will be better equipped to combat a crisis like Ebola next time that happens.