Combat soldiers during peaceful moments like to reminisce of their halcyon days.
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Combat
//ˈkɑmˌbæt//
Synonyms for "combat" (179 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (54)
closeclose withcockfightcollidecome to blowscompetecompete withconflictconfrontationcontendcontend againstcontentioncontentiousnessconterminouscontestcontestationcontravenecontroversycut and thrustdebate
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defydemurdifferencedisagreementdisputationdisputedo battledogfightduelembroilmentencounterengageengagementenmityexchange blowsexchange of blowsexpostulatefencefeudfight a duelfight againstfightingfire fightfraygainsaygive and takegive satisfactiongrapplegrapple withground combathand-to-hand combathand-to-hand fight
Related words (89)
hostilitieshostilityhot warhouse-to-house combatjoin battlejoin battle withjostlejoustkilkenny catsla guerrelabor againstlitigationlogomachymight of armsmilitary operationsmilitate againstmix it upnaval combatoffer resistanceopen hostilities
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open waropposeoppositionpaper warpassage of armspitched battlepolemicprotestquarrelquarrelingquarrelsomenessrasslereluctreluctateremonstraterepelresistresort to armsriotrivalrumblerun a tiltrunning fightscramblescrappingscrimmagescuffleserviceshooting warshoving matchskirmishsparsquabblingstand-up fightstate of warstemstem the tidestreet fightstrifestrivestrive againststrivingstrugglestruggle againsttake ontauromachythe swordthrust and parrytilttotal wartourneytraversetug-of-wartusslevendettavievie withwage warwarwar of wordswarfarewarmakingwarringwartimewithstandwordswranglingwrestle
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142 translations across 55 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- geveg noun (a battle; a fight)
Albanian
1 entries- lufta noun (a battle; a fight)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- δηϊοτής noun (a battle; a fight)
- μάχη noun (a battle; a fight)
- ὑσμίνη noun (a battle; a fight)
Arabic
4 entries- قِتال noun (a battle; a fight)
- قِتَال noun (a battle; a fight)
- مُحاربة noun (a battle; a fight)
- قاتَل verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Armenian
2 entries- կռիվ noun (a battle; a fight)
- մարտ noun (a battle; a fight)
Bulgarian
4 entries- би́тка noun (a battle; a fight)
- борба́ noun (a battle; a fight)
- сраже́ние noun (a battle; a fight)
- боря се verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Catalan
3 entries- batalla noun (a battle; a fight)
- combat noun (a battle; a fight)
- combatre verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کارزان noun (a battle; a fight)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 奮鬥 /奋斗 noun (a battle; a fight)
- 戰鬥 /战斗 noun (a battle; a fight)
- 反對 /反对 verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Czech
2 entries- boj noun (a battle; a fight)
- bojovat verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Danish
4 entries- kamp noun (a battle; a fight)
- slag noun (a battle; a fight)
- slagsmål noun (a battle; a fight)
- træfning noun (a battle; a fight)
Dutch
4 entries- gevecht noun (a battle; a fight)
- kamp noun (a battle; a fight)
- slag noun (a battle; a fight)
- strijd noun (a battle; a fight)
Esperanto
1 entries- batalo noun (a battle; a fight)
Estonian
1 entries- lahing noun (a battle; a fight)
Faroese
1 entries- bardagi noun (a battle; a fight)
Finnish
4 entries- kamppailu noun (a battle; a fight)
- taistelu noun (a battle; a fight)
- kamppailla verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
- taistella verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
French
4 entries- bataille noun (a battle; a fight)
- combat noun (a battle; a fight)
- lutte noun (a battle; a fight)
- combattre verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Galician
2 entries- combate noun (a battle; a fight)
- combater verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
German
4 entries- Gefecht noun (a battle; a fight)
- Kampf noun (a battle; a fight)
- Schlacht noun (a battle; a fight)
- bekämpfen verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Greek
4 entries- αγώνας noun (a battle; a fight)
- μάχη noun (a battle; a fight)
- πάλη noun (a battle; a fight)
- καταπολεμώ verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Hebrew
1 entries- נפתולים noun (a battle; a fight)
Hindi
4 entries- युद्ध noun (a battle; a fight)
- रण noun (a battle; a fight)
- संग्राम noun (a battle; a fight)
- युद्ध verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Icelandic
1 entries- slagsmál noun (a battle; a fight)
Ido
1 entries- kombato noun (a battle; a fight)
Irish
2 entries- comhrac noun (a battle; a fight)
- comhraic verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Italian
2 entries- battaglia noun (a battle; a fight)
- combattere verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Japanese
1 entries- 戦闘 noun (a battle; a fight)
Korean
3 entries- 교전 noun (a battle; a fight)
- 싸움 noun (a battle; a fight)
- 전투 noun (a battle; a fight)
Latin
3 entries- proelium noun (a battle; a fight)
- pugna noun (a battle; a fight)
- proelior verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Macedonian
4 entries- би́тка noun (a battle; a fight)
- бо́рба noun (a battle; a fight)
- бој noun (a battle; a fight)
- се бо́ри verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Norman
1 entries- combat noun (a battle; a fight)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- ceng noun (a battle; a fight)
- şer noun (a battle; a fight)
- şerr noun (a battle; a fight)
Norwegian
1 entries- slagsmål noun (a battle; a fight)
Occitan
1 entries- combatre verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Old English
3 entries- camp noun (a battle; a fight)
- gefeoht noun (a battle; a fight)
- gūþ noun (a battle; a fight)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- صاواش noun (a battle; a fight)
- ناورد noun (a battle; a fight)
- پرخاش noun (a battle; a fight)
Papiamentu
4 entries- bataya noun (a battle; a fight)
- bringamentu noun (a battle; a fight)
- pelea noun (a battle; a fight)
- peleya noun (a battle; a fight)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schlacht noun (a battle; a fight)
Polish
2 entries- walka noun (a battle; a fight)
- zwalczać verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Portuguese
4 entries- batalha noun (a battle; a fight)
- combate noun (a battle; a fight)
- luta noun (a battle; a fight)
- peleja noun (a battle; a fight)
Romanian
3 entries- bătaie noun (a battle; a fight)
- luptă noun (a battle; a fight)
- combate verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Russian
4 entries- би́тва noun (a battle; a fight)
- бой noun (a battle; a fight)
- борьба́ noun (a battle; a fight)
- сраже́ние noun (a battle; a fight)
Sanskrit
1 entries- रण noun (a battle; a fight)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cath noun (a battle; a fight)
- còmhrag noun (a battle; a fight)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- borbena noun (a battle; a fight)
Sicilian
3 entries- battagghia noun (a battle; a fight)
- lutta noun (a battle; a fight)
- cummàttiri verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Spanish
4 entries- acción noun (a battle; a fight)
- batalla noun (a battle; a fight)
- combate noun (a battle; a fight)
- combatir verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- feti noun (a battle; a fight)
Swahili
1 entries- mashindano noun (a battle; a fight)
Swedish
4 entries- batalj noun (a battle; a fight)
- kamp noun (a battle; a fight)
- slag noun (a battle; a fight)
- slagsmål noun (a battle; a fight)
Tarifit
1 entries- amenɣi noun (a battle; a fight)
Telugu
1 entries- పోటీ పడు noun (a battle; a fight)
Turkish
2 entries- boğuşmak noun (a battle; a fight)
- muharebe noun (a battle; a fight)
Welsh
2 entries- brwydr noun (a battle; a fight)
- brwydro verb (to fight; to struggle for victory)
West-Frisian
2 entries- fjochtsjen noun (a battle; a fight)
- striid noun (a battle; a fight)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
He was sent into combat.
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In real combat, you must not forget that hesitation is a very dangerous thing.
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Stop maize monoculture, and reestablish multiple cropping, to combat the loss of landscape and soil diversity.
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