COMBAT


Meaning of COMBAT in English

The noun is pronounced /kɒmbæt/. The verb is pronounced /kəmbæt/.

( or combatting, combated, or combatted)

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 combat...

Yesterday saw hand-to-hand combat in the city.

...combat aircraft.

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2.

A combat is a battle, or a fight between two people.

It was the end of a long combat.

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3.

If people in authority combat something, they try to stop it happening.

Congress has criticised new government measures to combat crime.

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