WordNet
v. engage in a conflict; "The battle over health care reform was joined"
Usage examples of "join battle".
Squalling and twisting frantically, the canar rolled itself out of the fire and jumped up, singed and furious, to join battle with the beyar.
Ah yes, Little Empress, but it was quite clear on both of you the yang and the yin were ready to join battle.
From the maps Kharl had studied and from what Hagen had said, the wizard could be accompanying rebel troops heading to join battle against Casolan's forces or riding westward to destroy the millrace and dam.
I say temporize with them, tell them any tale, assure them that we will bathe them in the fountain of youth-gain time, so that when these two naturally antagonistic races join battle, as they inevitably must, the victory will be ours!
The sound of horns and the shout of men up the highway toldhim that at last he was going to join battle in the field with GeneralFadawah.
The sound of horns and the shout of men up the highway told him that at last he was going to join battle in the field with General Fadawah.
They growled and pressed forward, while his own Buffaloes were goaded by his example, their blood coming to the boil, ready to rush forward and join battle with their traditional foe, ready to perpetuate the bloody vendetta that had already run a hundred years.