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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
combat/ˈkɒmbat/
▶noun fighting between armed forces. ▶verb (combats, combating or combatting, combated or combatted)
- 1 take action to reduce or prevent (something undesirable).
- 2 archaic engage in a fight with.
– origin C16: from Fr. combattre, from late L. combattere, from com- ‘together with’ + battere, var. of L. batuere ‘to fight’.
'combat' also found in these Oxford entries:
arena
- battledress
- battlefront
- champion
- church
- combat fatigue
- combat trousers
- defy
- dogfight
- duel
- engage
- field
- grip
- hors de combat
- judo
- ju-jitsu
- karate
- medley
- nom de guerre
- paintball
- quarter
- Roland
- Roman holiday
- single combat
- trench warfare
- Waffen SS
- wager of battle
- warplane
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Combat
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cat-and-dog combat
Combat
Combat Outpost Ouellette
combat tour
enter into combat
It’s usually something trivial which sparks off a blazing combat / trail / strife / disharmony / row
placed on full combat alert
The government is taking some strong measures to combat crime
to have a mind for combat...
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