n. 1 fight, encounter, engagement, duel, battle, conflict, war, warfare; skirmish The two men were locked in single combat 2 struggle, contest, strife, controversy, dispute, quarrel, disagreement, altercation, vendetta, feud There was endless combat between father and son 3 opposition, difference, confrontation The combat between good and evil can never end 4 action, fighting, battle, war He was in combat on three occasions Have you seen any combat?
v. 5 fight, (do) battle, war, clash, contend, duel, joust, wrestle, come to blows, spar, grapple (with) The soldiers are combating hand to hand in the trenches 6 fight, struggle or strive against, contest, oppose, defy, enter the lists against, withstand There was broad support for measures to combat crime and pollution