The combative patient was given a tranquilizer.
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Combative
//kəmˈbæ.tɪv//
Synonyms for "combative" (106 found)
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Related words (53)
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32 translations across 19 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- ваяўні́чы adj (given to fighting)
Bulgarian
1 entries- воинствен adj (given to fighting)
Catalan
1 entries- combatiu adj (given to fighting)
Danish
2 entries- kamplysten adj (given to fighting)
- krigerisk adj (given to fighting)
Dutch
2 entries- strijdbaar adj (given to fighting)
- strijdlustig adj (given to fighting)
Esperanto
1 entries- batalema adj (given to fighting)
Finnish
3 entries- riidanhaluinen adj (given to fighting)
- taistelunhaluinen adj (given to fighting)
- taistelutahtoinen adj (given to fighting)
French
1 entries- combatif adj (given to fighting)
German
4 entries- aggressiv adj (given to fighting)
- kampfeslustig adj (given to fighting)
- kampflustig adj (given to fighting)
- kämpferisch adj (given to fighting)
Irish
1 entries- trodach adj (given to fighting)
Italian
1 entries- combattivo adj (given to fighting)
Japanese
1 entries- 喧嘩っ早い adj (given to fighting)
Latin
1 entries- pugnāx adj (given to fighting)
Polish
1 entries- wojowniczy adj (given to fighting)
Portuguese
1 entries- combativo adj (given to fighting)
Romanian
1 entries- combativ adj (given to fighting)
Russian
4 entries- агресси́вный adj (given to fighting)
- боево́й adj (given to fighting)
- вои́нственный adj (given to fighting)
- драчли́вый adj (given to fighting)
Spanish
1 entries- combativo adj (given to fighting)
Swedish
1 entries- stridslysten adj (given to fighting)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
As is usual, he is combative.
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He is his usual combative self.
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Tom is a combative player.
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