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combat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | armed combat |
| Type of | conflict, battle, fight, engagement |
| Has types | aggression, hostilities, belligerency, trench warfare |
combat::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fight, fighting, scrap |
| Type of | struggle, battle, conflict |
| Has types | encounter, cut-and-thrust, fencing, fistfight, fisticuffs, fray, free-for-all, gang fight, gunfight, gunplay, hassle, close-quarter fighting, impact, in-fighting, knife fight, clash, brush, rough-and-tumble, ruffle, rumble, scuffle, set-to, shock, shootout, single combat, skirmish, slugfest, snickersnee, brawl, tussle, beating, disturbance, dogfight, duel, whipping, battering, affaire d'honneur, banging, affray |
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Parameters are set for command and control, movement, shooting and close combat.
From the dailyherald.com
The training now includes rudimentary combat medicine and a marksmanship course.
From the abcnews.go.com
Combat deaths in June and July had spiked to the highest levels of the conflict.
From the latimes.com
While it has a different mission, it has the same capabilities as combat troops.
From the edition.cnn.com
They also put up an initial $1.3 billion to help combat AIDS and other diseases.
From the businessweek.com
Ian Porter says you don't have to wait for governments to combat climate change.
From the smh.com.au
Combat units seek to identify themselves by wearing T-shirts of the same colour.
From the economist.com
The training consists of basic combat training and advanced individual training.
From the stltoday.com
Health-based efforts to combat obesity will likely help the environment as well.
From the techcrunch.com
- An engagement fought between two military forces
- Battle: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
- Fight: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
- Combat, or fighting, is purposeful violent conflict meant to establish dominance over the opposition.
- Combat! is an American television program that aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. (The exclamation point in "Combat!" was a stylized bayonet.)
- The ComBat was an aluminium cricket bat and the subject of an incident that occurred at the WACA cricket ground in Perth in December 1979.
- Combat was an Exidy light gun arcade game released in 1985. In this war themed shooting game, the player had to protect his/her army in combat in a variety of combat theatres. ...
- Combat was a large movement in the French Resistance created in the non-occupied zone of France during the Second World War (1939-1945).
- Combat juggling is a sport played by two or more players juggling three juggling clubs each. Combat can be played individually against a single opponent (one-on-one-combat), between teams of two or more players each, or in a group where everyone plays against everyone. The object of the game is to maintain the own juggling pattern while attempting to make the opponent drop one or more clubs.
