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as in fights
to oppose (someone) in physical conflict
a general eager to combat the enemy on his own ground
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as in opposes
to strive to reduce or eliminate
must marshal all of our resources to combat this disease
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as in actions
active fighting during the course of a war
a soldier who served throughout the war without actually seeing combat
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as in skirmishes
a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups
the two stags entered a furious combat for dominance of the herd
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as in battles
an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another
the fierce ideological combat between the religionists and the secularists
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“Combats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combats. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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