(or ~ting, ~ed, or ~ted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
Over 16 million men had died in ~...
Yesterday saw hand-to-hand ~ in the city.
...~ aircraft.
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2.
A ~ is a battle, or a fight between two people.
It was the end of a long ~.
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3.
If people in authority ~ something, they try to stop it happening.
Congress has criticised new government measures to ~ crime.
VERB: V n