combat
/ˈkɑm·bæt/ n [C/U]Definition
› fighting during a time of war: [U] a combat jacket/zone/casualty [U] No one knew how many troops had died in combat. › Combat is also a fight between two people or things: [C] The film explores the combat between good and evil. combative /kəmˈbæt̬·ɪv/ adj › When you are in a combative mood, you are not pleasant company.
(Definition of combat n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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