combat
854
3.5
- noun
- /ˈkɒm.bæt/
:
combate
- The soldiers received training to prepare for combat in difficult terrains.
- combat readiness
- engage in combat
- soldiers in combat
Then she comes to close combat and attacks as well.
- Then she comes to close combat and attacks as well.
- We get to test military systems in combat in Ukraine.
- And the Great Games is a combat competition.
- I hope I made the decisions that I did in combat for the right reasons.
- You put him into some active sports where there was combat, there was conflict.
- You hit it with intensity as in combat, like your life depended on it.
- But when you're in combat, none of that stuff counts, right.
- That's why I just can't be in the the combat sport world.
- And the angled walls are yes, a Karate combat have a square pit.
- The technique can overpower in, in combat pure strength.
- How do veterans who don't serve combat have PTSD?
- Bhutto is the teachings of combat, the teachings of war.
- I use two different types of sights, all right, for combat shooting.
Examples
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This is a combat zone.
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Have you ever been in a combat situation?
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Then she comes to close combat and attacks as well.
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Not in training, not in combat, not even in the movies.
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And they had kids on the front line of combat who were actually having to do all the work.
Academic text (2011) -
We get to test military systems in combat in Ukraine.
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Testing the others' abilities under combat conditions was all good and proper.
Fiction book (1991) -
It was supposed to be a security detail, but it ended up being actual combat.
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The 86th Division never got into combat, or even into the reserve lines.
Academic text (1990) -
It probably isn't the first time you've lost a friend in combat.
Synonyms
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1.0
A physical struggle between people or groups, like a boxing match
∞
1.4
A violent fight between armed groups in a war
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1.3
A physical struggle between people or groups that involves hitting and sometimes weapons
514
2.7
A violent fight between armed groups in a war
423
6.9
Close fighting during the final part of a military attack
415
6.9
Fighting between soldiers in a war
294
4.5
A situation when people or groups meet in direct conflict, often angrily
105
3.7
An action by soldiers that involves fighting
105
3.2
A short conflict between people or groups
101
4.3
A final meeting where two sides face each other to settle a dispute
82
5.0
Groups or companies compete strongly to gain power
79
5.6
A violent fight in which people fire guns at each other
61
7.1
A fight between armed groups during a war
56
6.5
A short battle where armed people shoot at each other
35
3.2
A short fight where people shoot at each other with guns
22
6.4
A brief unplanned fight between small groups, often during a larger conflict
11
7.0
A close, fierce fight between fighter planes or in a contest
4
8.0
A planned large fight where armies meet at an arranged time and place
1
7.4
Fighting between two countries or groups during a war
1
4.9
A fight between soldiers or military groups using weapons
1
5.8
A violent clash where people shoot at each other with guns
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
4
5.3
Fully prepared for immediate fighting, for example troops or equipment
- Specialized
Highest altitude at which a military plane can still climb well in combat
- Archaic
A mental condition soldiers get after long fighting that causes extreme tiredness, anxiety, and nightmares
- Specialized
Information about enemy forces and land needed to plan and carry out military actions
- Archaic
Strong emotional problems soldiers get after war that cause worry and bad dreams
A major part of the United States Air Force that operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, and rescue aircraft
- Specialized
A heavy military machine like a tank with heavy metal plates, tracks, and a large gun for fighting
An Algerian extremist Islamist group that split from another militant group and tried to overthrow the government while supporting al-Qaeda
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Combat comes from com- 'together' and the same root as beat and battle, which means 'to strike'. It gives the image of people coming together to strike each other, so combat means a fight or battle between opposing forces.