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See combat
v. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget" [syn: battle]
[also: combatting, combatted]
n. an engagement fought between two military forces [syn: armed combat]
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" [syn: fight, fighting, scrap]
[also: combatting, combatted]
Usage examples of "combatting".
With it, he offered his aid in combatting the outlanders responsible for the attacks on Tobyn-Ser!
When the division above spoken of was first contemplated, in those stormy days in which gallant men were still combatting reform ministers, if not with hope, still with spirit, the battle was fought by none more bravely than by John Newbold Gresham of Greshamsbury, the member for Barsetshire.
Don't you remember that you were saying yourself the other day, of the absurdity of combatting pretences which the world sanctions?
In fact, duelling, taken in its primitive and broadest sense, means nothing more than combatting, and is the universal resort of all wild animals, including man, to gain or defend their possessions, or avenge their insults.
I was having trouble enough combatting the panic that came with the odor of the Brew blowing from the river on the morning breeze.
He had only agreed to do the honours in hopes of combatting his phobia.
SLEEPING DOG Preface It is no longer a rare occurrence in contemporary publishing for several books to cover the same subject matter-the scandalous behavior of a deceased film star, perhaps, or a voguish diet plan, or a method for combatting some well-publicized health scare.
At the game of Chess it is the dishonour of our adversary when we are stale-mated: but in life, combatting the world, such a winning of the game questions our sentiments.
And she was the one who sent him ahead at a trot under a light, by saying: 'You would found a new and more stable aristocracy of the contempt of luxury' when he talked of combatting the Jews with a superior weapon.
She kneed her unhorse gently into motion again and tried to lose herself in memories of her family, as a means of combatting the uneasiness that had been growing in her since she left the Bellamy household nearly an hour earlier.