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Synonyms for combat
kəmˈbæt, ˈkɒm bæt; ˈkɒm bætcom·bat
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, stormAntonyms:
aid, befriend, cover, defend, protect, resist, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstandPreposition:
We were attacked by the enemy with cannon and musketry.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
combatnoun
Synonyms:
encounter, conflict, contention, struggle, contest, engagement, arms, battleAntonyms:
surrender, submission, mediation, reconciliation, truce, arbitration
Princeton's WordNet
combat, armed combatnoun
an engagement fought between two military forces
Synonyms:
fight, armed combat, fighting, scrapfight, 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, chipbattle, 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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Dictionary of English Synonymes
combatverb
combatverb
Synonyms:
oppose, resist, withstand, contend against, battle with, struggle with, war againstcombatnoun
Synonyms:
battle, fight, conflict, engagement, action, contest, encounter, rencounter, skirmish, brush, affair
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
combatnoun
Synonyms:
contest bout, struggle, contention, fight, joust, battle
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#249 | address | |
#333 | control | |
#529 | against | |
#982 | bit | |
#1453 | charge | |
#2167 | prevent | |
#2262 | attack | |
#2277 | counter | |
#2541 | battle | |
#2575 | fight | |
#2860 | arms | |
#3106 | conflict | |
#3413 | storm | |
#3575 | contest | |
#3676 | fighting | |
#3712 | chip | |
#4575 | combat | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#5905 | struggle | |
#6171 | assault | |
#7548 | overcome | |
#7693 | encounter | |
#7949 | trash | |
#8203 | fighter | |
#8506 | tackle | |
#10012 | warfare | |
#10075 | battles | |
#12034 | scrap | |
#12242 | oppose | |
#12551 | curb | |
#13431 | competitiveness | |
#15089 | rubbish | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#17032 | contention | |
#17250 | confront | |
#19527 | tackling | |
#21460 | invade | |
#23050 | combating | |
#28959 | flake | |
#36830 | counteract | |
#41736 | fleck | |
#45981 | countering | |
#46693 | beset | |
#82174 | assail | |
#86608 | combatting | |
#98437 | counteracting | |
#141616 | besiege |
How to use combat in a sentence?
We need to combat institutional racism from top to bottom, and we need major major reforms in a broken criminal justice system in which we have more people in jail than China, i intend to tackle that issue, to make sure our people have education and jobs rather than jail cells.
Unfortunately, the increase in homicides during the first month of 2022, including assaults on police officers and citizens is a sobering reminder that we must collectively strive for excellence as a community to combat our increasing crime challenges.
I know a ton of Jewish voters who used to be rock-solid Democrats who are now voting Republican, they feel the Democratic Party has not done enough to combat antisemitism from within.
PTSD is most likely whenthings occur over an extended period of time where you just have to be in it or sit in it, combat is like that: Youre in your foxhole, youre being shot at, and you have to stay there. Women get PTSD from domestic violence and they cant get out. Clearly, coronavirus can have that effect on people. You feel threatened and your lifes in danger, and you cant do anything about it.
Bowe Bergdahl left his post of duty in a combat zone, he left his post of duty and put down his rifle, the rest of it is irrelevant.
Translations for combat
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- gevegAfrikaans
- قِتالArabic
- сражение, битка, сражавам се, боря се, борбаBulgarian
- batalla, combat, combatreCatalan, Valencian
- bojovat, bojCzech
- brwydr, brwydroWelsh
- træfning, slagsmål, kamp, slagDanish
- Schlacht, KampfGerman
- πολεμώ, αγώνας, πάλη, καταπολεμώGreek
- bataloEsperanto
- batalla, combate, combatir, acciónSpanish
- lahingEstonian
- kamppailu, kamppailla, taistella, taisteluFinnish
- bardagiFaroese
- bataille, combattre, combat, lutteFrench
- fjochtsjen, striidWestern Frisian
- còmhrag, cathScottish Gaelic
- נפתוליםHebrew
- կռիվ, մարտArmenian
- tempurIndonesian
- kombatoIdo
- slagsmálIcelandic
- battagliaItalian
- 戦闘Japanese
- 전투, 싸움Korean
- ceng, şer, şerr, کارزانKurdish
- pugna, proeliumLatin
- kamp, strijd, treffen, veldslag, slag, vechten, gevechtDutch
- slagsmålNorwegian
- zwalczać, walkaPolish
- peleja, luta, combate, pugna, batalhaPortuguese
- combate, bătaie, luptăRomanian
- сражение, битва, борьба, бойRussian
- luftaAlbanian
- kamp, slagsmål, batalj, slag, stridSwedish
- mashindanoSwahili
- పోటీ పడుTelugu
- muharebe, boğuşmakTurkish
- chống lạiVietnamese
- 戰鬥Chinese
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