All combat synonyms
comΒ·bat
C c verb combat
- fight β a battle or combat.
- withstand β to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
- cope β If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully.
- fight β a battle or combat.
- resist β to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
- repel β to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- contend β If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
- buck β A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
- duel β a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- clash β When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
- contest β A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
- defy β If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
- traverse β to pass or move over, along, or through.
- struggle β to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- battle β A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
- strive β to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.
- war β a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- dispute β to engage in argument or debate.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- tackle β equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
- fight back β retaliate
noun combat
- brush β A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
- brush-off β a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.
- flap β to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- jackpot β the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game or contest, as in bingo, a quiz contest, or a slot machine.
- mix-up β a confused state of things; muddle; tangle.
- run-in β a quarrel; argument.
- service β Robert W(illiam) 1874β1958, Canadian writer, born in England.
- battle royal β a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
- fighting β fit to fight: a boxer who's no longer in fighting shape.
- warfare β the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
- conflict β Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
- action β Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- fray β a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
- shoot-out β gunfight
- skirmish β Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
- affray β An affray is a noisy and violent fight, especially in a public place.