I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a war/battle/combat zone
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Planes were diverted to avoid flying over the war zone.
combat fatigue
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These treatment methods enabled 80 percent of combat-fatigue-affected troops to return to duty.
combat troops
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Heavily-armed combat troops were deployed on the streets of the capital yesterday.
combat/fight unemployment
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The government's first priority is to combat unemployment.
counter/combat a threat
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We must work together to counter the threat of state terrorism.
fight/combat an infection
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A new drug is being developed to combat the infection.
fight/combat evil
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Joan swore to fight evil in all its forms.
fight/combat inflation
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An economic plan to combat inflation was drawn up.
fight/combat poverty (= take action to get rid of poverty )
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The money should be spent on fighting poverty.
fight/combat terrorism
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We will provide the necessary resources to combat terrorism.
fight/combat/tackle crime
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There are a number of ways in which the public can help the police to fight crime.
hand-to-hand fighting/combat etc
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There was fierce hand-to-hand fighting in the streets of the city.
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They were defeated in hand-to-hand combat.
mortal combat (= fighting until one person kills the other )
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the screams of men in mortal combat
single combat
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He had already defeated an enemy champion in single combat.
tackle/combat pollution (= try to deal with it )
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Governments must tackle pollution now.
unarmed combat (= fighting without weapons )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
close
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This gives him an additional +1 attack in close combat .
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This survey of personal experiences, ranging from close combat to literary society, constructs a memorable portrait of the last war.
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This will get your cavalry into close combat and hopefully out of the hail of missiles fairly quickly.
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Warriors fought with bows and arrows for long range and swords and spears for close combat .
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Across the river and through the streets of Cliffe men fought in close combat before the royalists scattered.
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Unfortunately, in close combat , the rule is straight forward and brutal: the more ranks you have the better.
mortal
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Helmeted, armed with long, spear-like boards, the surfers looked like gladiators going out to engage in mortal combat .
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A few people close to their chairs amuse themselves by watching the others engage in mortal combat to secure a seat.
single
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But surely she owed her beloved that honour at least, the honour of single combat , which is a dragon's privilege.
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Finally Turnus and Aeneas meet in single combat .
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But that made no difference - he knew he stood no chance against the oriental in single combat .
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Two of the enemy, mounted, appeared before them for single combat .
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El Cid upholds his honour and that of his King by defeating an enemy champion in single combat .
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In all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat .
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It was Melwas who suggested single combat .
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Urian Poisonblade, the Witch King's personal champion, called out a challenge to single combat .
unarmed
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Though Wallace had no training in unarmed combat , the impression remained that he knew all about karate.
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Both men, I am assured by your embassy, are trained with weapons and in unarmed combat .
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In the West the closed fist is considered almost the only effective weapon to be used in unarmed combat .
■ NOUN
fatigue
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The Clash weren't always into combat fatigues .
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He had his throng of child beggars with him, and he was still in his combat fatigues .
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She wears faded jeans or combat fatigues .
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Both men are in combat fatigues .
forces
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But as the repression has increased, more women have directly joined the combat forces .
gear
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Whipping round, he found himself facing four figures in black military style combat gear and carrying guns and flashlights.
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Then a group of paras in full combat gear and blackened faces began firing at us.
hand
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In hand to hand combat it would take two, perhaps three, androids to subdue just one of them.
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This hand-to-#hand combat remains an important weapon as Iowa prepares for its quadrennial presidential caucuses on Feb. 12.
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No one knows the origins of hand-to-#hand combat .
jacket
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In the kitchen he put on the combat jacket under his anorak.
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My combat jacket , knife, bags, catapult and other equipment I took down to the kitchen with me.
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We drove out of the barracks huddled in our combat jackets , and turned north towards the Alps.
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He's described as slim, with long black hair, and was wearing a green combat jacket and jeans.
mission
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His very first authentic combat mission as commander.
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He was nervous and cocky at our briefing, the dashing leader of a combat mission to the dreaded Ia Drang.
soldier
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It is no coincidence that combat soldiers , particularly paratroops, wear camouflage uniforms that somewhat resemble a leopard's spotted coat.
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Any combat soldier who lived through a good portion of his tour experienced one or more proper fire-fights.
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Only a handful of civilians have gone through the sustained physical abuse that was routine for combat soldiers searching for Charlie.
unit
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All entered programs for enlisted personnel or non-commissioned officers; it was not known how many would go into combat units .
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In practice, combat units were invariably understrength.
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The combat unit had sprayed napalm or some napalm analogue into the Silver Shuriken, and he was clothed in fire.
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Friedman was a member of a logistics team rather than a combat unit .
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Named after famous artillerymen, the larger firebases also served as the field camps for other combat units .
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In fact, federal law prohibits women from being in direct combat units .
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The battle casualties of the combat units were nearly as bad as those on World War 11 battlefields.
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With the combat units dispersed and the opposition extremely difficult to locate, good and timely intelligence was at a premium.
veteran
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Ultimately, this work covers issues that combat veterans of any modern war would quickly recognize.
zone
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She was actually in the combat zone now and she noted uneasily that once again she was placed firmly beside the count.
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You may think so too, Michael, when you ride a Huey into combat zone .
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Yuletide in Walford is traditionally a combat zone with crackers, but the soap excelled itself this year.
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Later, I found out there were worse duties in a combat zone .
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Jean-Pierre said the doctors were considered too valuable to be sent into the combat zone .
■ VERB
engage
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Once engaged in hand-to-hand combat in this way the Squig Hopper is pinioned to the ground and does not move away.
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A few people close to their chairs amuse themselves by watching the others engage in mortal combat to secure a seat.
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He'd jumped down, engaging in combat with a huge Mameluke.
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Higher animals also engage in playful combat and other forms of competitive behaviour.
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Helmeted, armed with long, spear-like boards, the surfers looked like gladiators going out to engage in mortal combat .
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If the target is engaged in hand-to-hand combat the spell will also affect all troops which are fighting against it.
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Infantry, he added, deliberately placed themselves in positions where they would be engaged in hand-to-hand combat .
lock
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Both are still locked in commercial combat over the lucrative contract to refit Britain's Trident submarine fleet.
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Doctors and hospitals, although locked in increasingly venomous combat with insurers, also are mostly opposed.
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Since then, the rebels and the armed forces of Sierra Leone have been locked in combat .
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In addition, employees are often locked into combat with each other for a shrinking supply of rewards, and even jobs.
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He was reminded of Sir Arnold and Jonathan Ram locked in their mental combat .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be locked in battle/combat/dispute etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The truce has not stopped combat in the civil war.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Black has gone out with Doc Martens combat boots, and color has come in.
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In all, there are 15 combat missions involving both subs and surface vessels.
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Infantry, he added, deliberately placed themselves in positions where they would be engaged in hand-to-hand combat .
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Named after famous artillerymen, the larger firebases also served as the field camps for other combat units.
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Not only did these men share the hardships of combat , their very survival imbued many with a pre-disposition to paternalism.
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Safety cover was to be provided by combat support boats from the Support Squadron.
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She was actually in the combat zone now and she noted uneasily that once again she was placed firmly beside the count.
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The final version endorsed current Pentagon policy allowing women in combat in certain circumstances, a position endorsed by Dole.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
crime
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Breeders have established their own intelligence network in a bid to combat the crime .
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Vasconcellos has long argued that to combat crime , the state should attack the root causes, such as low self-esteem.
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Murders too were more frequent, and in order to combat the rising crime rate parliament introduced a psychological deterrent.
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To combat crime effectively, the police need the full support of the Government and the public.
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Tonight he starts his series of reports with a look at how to combat crime .
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He supported the demand for private farmers to be allowed the use of firearms to combat rising crime against them.
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The long-term strategy to combat knife crimes through schemes like Operation Blade is to achieve a change in the law.
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The police are increasingly looking to technology - and to information technology in particular - to help them combat increasing crime .
disease
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Vaccination and treatment of animals, and quality control of meat have been used to combat the disease .
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The immune system is depressed during such reactions, lowering your ability to combat diseases .
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Antibody production occurs naturally when the body's immune system combats disease .
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Please help yourself and others to combat this killer disease .
drug
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They will vigorously pursue their policies to combat drug trafficking and misuse of drugs, nationally and internationally.
effort
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The devotion, care and research taking place in Bristol in the effort to combat these tragedies is uplifting.
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The gathering here was the latest in a long line of intergovernmental efforts to combat the menace.
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But the effort to combat her own sensual response seemed too much to cope with - slipping away far beyond her reach.
government
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Another 186, 000 were involved in training programs and other government programs to combat unemployment.
inflation
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Appropriate fiscal policies to combat this demand-pull inflation would be a cut in government spending, or an increase in taxation.
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Peso-dollar parity, introduced in 1991 to combat three-figure inflation , is now working against the country's interests.
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In order to combat inflation the government imposed strict controls on foreign currency.
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Speaking at the end of the two days of talks, Mrs Thatcher said it had helped some countries combat inflation .
measure
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Austerity measures introduced to combat the continuing economic crisis included cutbacks in the financial privileges enjoyed by government ministers and civil servants.
policy
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They will vigorously pursue their policies to combat drug trafficking and misuse of drugs, nationally and internationally.
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Let us consider the key elements of any policy to combat age discrimination in employment.
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Appropriate fiscal policies to combat this demand-pull inflation would be a cut in government spending, or an increase in taxation.
problem
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In order to combat this problem , a number of other indexing methods have been developed.
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Insurance companies have just a few ways to combat the moral-hazard problem .
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Finally the Ashleys decided to combat the problem of non-paying wholesale customers by themselves buying a London shop.
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To combat infection and other problems , doctors had him on 17 different drugs.
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To combat some of these problems , there should, argued Bell, be increased opportunities for representation before the tribunal.
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The guide outlines what harassment is and what can be done to combat the problem both formally and informally.
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The Link group acts as a forum for the major environmental issues and agrees strategies to combat existing problems .
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It was only the unnatural methods they used in order to combat the problem which were wrong.
strategy
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The Link group acts as a forum for the major environmental issues and agrees strategies to combat existing problems.
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Companies are now starting to develop strategies to combat these losses.
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The long-term strategy to combat knife crimes through schemes like Operation Blade is to achieve a change in the law.
violence
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In both 1988 and 1989, combatting racial violence has been a priority for the Metropolitan Police.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A conference will be held on how to combat pollution of the oceans.
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Measures to combat pollution within the city have been introduced.
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The Cabinet has recommended new measures to combat organized crime.
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The government sees price controls as a way to combat inflation.
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The police are looking for more effective ways to combat drugs gangs in the city.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A defendant can combat an obstinate refusal even to consider compromise by a shrewd payment into court, or a Calderbank offer.
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Breeders have established their own intelligence network in a bid to combat the crime.
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But the effort to combat her own sensual response seemed too much to cope with - slipping away far beyond her reach.
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Some players find Goblins hard to use because they imagine they are fighters and commit them to combat as if they were Orcs.
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The imperialists have united themselves and combat us everywhere.
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The new push is reflected in the doubling of budget requests-to $ 254m-to combat Aids overseas.
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They also stress that action to combat these phenomena should be seen as an integral part of integration policy and education.
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To combat infection and other problems, doctors had him on 17 different drugs.