combat

Definition

  • noun: active fighting especially in a war
  • noun: a fight or contest between individuals or groups
  • verb: to try to stop (something) from happening or getting worse
  • verb: to engage in combat
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: fight, withstand, oppugn

Examples

  • Exercise can help 'combat' the effects of stress.

  • They have been 'combating' the rebels for months.

  • Some of these soldiers have never seen 'combat'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) has prepared a series of protocols... to begin addressing the many problems in the city. Beginning with basic sanitation for the Greek quarter... to combat the plague which is already springing up there. - So, if Caesar- - Shah. Don't you see, Gracchus? That's the very problem, (..)
    2000 Gladiator