BATTLE


Meaning of BATTLE in English

I.

noun

1 between armies

ADJECTIVE

▪ bloody , fierce

▪ intense , pitched

The two armies fought a pitched ~ on the plain.

▪ climactic , decisive , final

Iwo Jima was for many the climactic ~ of World War II.

▪ epic , famous , great , historic , important , major

▪ land , naval , sea

▪ coming , upcoming ( AmE )

The squadron was getting ready for the coming ~.

VERB + BATTLE

▪ fight

▪ win

▪ lose

▪ do , enter , give , go into , join , wage

Charles V refused to give ~.

The two armies joined ~.

▪ send sb into

Many young men were sent into ~ without proper training.

▪ survive

BATTLE + VERB

▪ begin , ensue , take place

▪ rage

▪ continue , unfold

The leaders anxiously watched the ~ unfold.

▪ be over , end

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the ~

Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.

▪ in (a/the) ~

He died in ~.

2 violent fight between two groups

ADJECTIVE

▪ fierce

▪ pitched

▪ running

▪ gun

▪ turf ( esp. AmE )

A turf ~ among competing drug cartels has claimed several lives.

VERB + BATTLE

▪ fight

BATTLE + VERB

▪ erupt

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ against

Police fought a pitched ~ against demonstrators.

▪ ~ between

a gun ~ between police and drug smugglers

▪ ~ with

Scores of people have been hurt in running ~s with police.

3 struggle

ADJECTIVE

▪ bitter , fierce , heated , intense , tough

a heated ~ between the oil industry and environmentalists

▪ real

There's now a real ~ at the top of the First Division.

▪ constant , continuing , epic , long , long-running , ongoing , prolonged , running

The college president fought a running ~ with the editors of the student newspaper.

▪ coming , upcoming ( AmE )

The upcoming political ~ could be for the allegiance of the young.

▪ losing , uphill

We seem to be fighting a losing ~.

▪ successful

▪ court , custody , legal

VERB + BATTLE

▪ do , engage in , fight

Are you prepared to do ~ with your insurance company over the claim?

▪ be engaged in

▪ face

▪ win

▪ lose

▪ end

She saw a way to end the prolonged legal ~.

BATTLE + VERB

▪ rage

A policy ~ is raging in Washington.

▪ begin , ensue

A ten-month legal ~ ensued.

▪ be brewing , be looming , loom

A ~ is brewing between ecologists and big business.

▪ be over , end

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ against

his long ~ against cancer

▪ ~ between

a fierce ~ between developers and the local community

▪ ~ for

the ~ for human rights

▪ ~ over

The government now faces a new ~ over tax increases.

▪ ~ with

They are engaged in a long-running legal ~ with their competitors.

PHRASES

▪ a ~ of ideas , a ~ of words

▪ a ~ of wills , a ~ of wits

▪ a ~ royal (= a major battle in which all available forces take part)

▪ fight your own ~s

My parents believed in leaving me to fight my own ~s.

▪ pick your ~s (= decide which things are worth fighting or disagreeing about)

As a parent, you have to pick your ~s.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ ferociously , fiercely , hard

▪ bravely , gamely , valiantly

The child ~d bravely for her life.

▪ in vain , unsuccessfully

Doctors ~d in vain to save his life.

▪ constantly

▪ away

We'll keep battling away and hope that the goals start to come.

PREPOSITION

▪ against

Rescuers ~d against torrential rain and high winds.

▪ for

factions battling for control of the party

▪ over

Residents are battling over plans for a new airport runway.

▪ through

We ~d through the snowstorm.

▪ with

Riot police ~d with 4 000 students.

He ~d with cancer for many months.

PHRASES

▪ ~ it out

Competitors ~d it out against the clock.

▪ ~ your way

He ~d his way to the bar.

Battle is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ firefighter , ↑ hero , ↑ side

Battle is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alcoholism , ↑ blaze , ↑ cancer , ↑ demon , ↑ element , ↑ illness , ↑ injury , ↑ monster , ↑ problem

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .