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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