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- Dictionarycombat/ˈkɒmbat/
noun
- 1. fighting between armed forces: "five Hurricanes were shot down in combat"
verb
- 1. take action to reduce or prevent (something bad or undesirable): "an effort to combat drug trafficking"
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C2. to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing: to combat crime / terrorism / inflation / disease. The government is spending millions of dollars in its attempt to combat drug abuse.
: a fight or contest between individuals or groups. 2. : conflict, controversy. 3. : active fighting in a war : action. casualties suffered in combat. combat. 2 of 3. verb. com· bat kəm-ˈbat. ˈkäm-ˌba- combated or combatted; combating or combatting. intransitive verb. : to engage in combat : fight. transitive verb. 1. : to fight with : battle. 2.
1. Fighting, especially with weapons: naval combat. 2. Contention or strife: rhetorical combat. adj. (kŏm′băt′) 1. Of or relating to combat: flew 50 combat missions. 2. Intended for use or deployment in combat: combat boots; combat troops.
(Definition of combatting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of combatting. combatting. Not surprisingly, then, a strategy often advocated for combatting this supposed ailment, is to stay active. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
noun. a fight, conflict, or struggle. an action fought between two military forces. ( as modifier ) a combat jacket. single combat. a fight between two individuals; duel. close combat or hand-to-hand combat. fighting at close quarters. verb. tr to fight or defy.
A combat is a battle, or a fight between two people. It was the end of a long combat. 3. verb. If people in authority combat something, they try to stop it happening. Congress has criticised new government measures to combat crime. [VERB noun] Synonyms: fight, battle against, oppose, contest More Synonyms of combat.
Definition of combat verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
