to combat
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4.1
- verb
- /ˈkɒmbæt/
:
combatir
- What are NASA's plans to combat climate change?
- efforts to combat
- combat drugs
- combat terrorist financing
What are NASA's plans to combat climate change?
- What are NASA's plans to combat climate change?
- How how can we, you know, combat this challenge?
- And what we're not talking about is the best way to combat mental health problems.
- So they'll be able to use extinct species to help combat modern global warming.
- And the effort to combat it shouldn't have borders around it.
- There are so many ways that you can combat inner sadness.
- And I've got even more ammunition for you to use to combat this clear growing trend.
- And of course there are jobs created to, to combat the junk the the junk food.
- We need this to combat, you know, our hunger issue, right?
- That's what it's going to take to help combat the effects of climate change.
Examples
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We need you to lead a team of unique men like yourself... ...to combat this threat.
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Has taken a number of concrete steps to combat drugs and corruption.
Academic text (1992) -
And So what we're going to do is combat them with this.
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How how can we, you know, combat this challenge?
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And what we're not talking about is the best way to combat mental health problems.
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So what do you think you could do to combat that, if you even can, right?
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OK, what ideas do I have to combat this thing?
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So geoengineering is a way to directly combat global warming.
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The United States' strategy to combat nuclear terrorism must strike a balance between these two extremes.
Academic text (2008) -
We need to combat the rise of misinformation online.
Synonyms
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1.0
To take part in a physical or verbal struggle against someone
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1.3
To use force to hurt people or damage things
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2.7
To fight against someone or something for a long time
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3.7
To keep away an attack, illness, or strong unwanted feeling
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
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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 Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Combat comes from com- 'together' and the same root as beat and battle, meaning 'to strike or fight'. So, to combat something is to fight against it or try to stop it, which fits the modern verb meaning.