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combat

 
 
/ˈkɒmbæt/ verb [T] (present participle combatting, past tense and past participle combatted, present participle combating, past tense and past participle combated)

Translation

to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing
savaşmak, mücadele etmek
new measures to combat the rise in crime1862
(Definition of combat verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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