combat
noun /ˈkɒm.bæt/
/ˈkɑːm-/ Definition
C2 [C or U] a fight, especially during a war: There was fierce combat between the two sides. No one knew how many troops had died in combat. The soldiers were engaged in hand-to-hand combat. armed combat (= fighting with weapons) unarmed combat (= fighting without weapons)Fighting › [C] a fight between two people or things: The film explores the combat between good and evil.Fighting
(Definition of combat noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- a fight to the finish idiom
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- brawl verb
- come close to blows idiom
- engagement noun (FIGHTING)
- fighting noun
- firefight noun
- fistfight noun
- fray noun
- gunfight noun
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot noun (FIGHTING)
- mano a mano noun
- rumble verb (FIGHT)
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- shoot it out phrasal verb
- tilt at windmills idiom
- tussle noun (FIGHT)
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