I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ fierce , intense , mortal
▪ armed , unarmed
▪ close , hand-to-hand
▪ open
▪ single
▪ active , actual
▪ modern
▪ ground , land , urban
▪ aerial , air , air-to-air
VERB + COMBAT
▪ be engaged in , be locked in , engage in
▪
The troops were locked in hand-to-hand ~.
▪ see
▪
Our platoon has yet to see ~.
▪ send sb into
COMBAT + NOUN
▪ mission , operation
▪ zone
▪ force , patrol , troops , unit
▪ veteran
▪ aircraft , vehicle
▪ boots , equipment , fatigues , gear , jacket ( BrE ), suit , uniform
▪ capability , effectiveness , power , readiness
▪ action , experience
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
He was killed in ~.
▪ in ~ with
▪
The soldiers are in ~ with rebel forces.
▪ ~ against
▪
in mortal ~ against dragons
▪ ~ between
▪
a fierce ~ between two champions
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ effectively , successfully
▪
She argued that the only way to ~ inflation effectively was to keep interest rates high.
VERB + COMBAT
▪ help (to)
▪ be designed to
PHRASES
▪ action to ~ sth , efforts to ~ sth , measures to ~ sth , policies to ~ sth
▪
Measures to ~ violent crime have been proposed.
Combat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alcoholism , ↑ boredom , ↑ corruption , ↑ crime , ↑ discrimination , ↑ disease , ↑ disorder , ↑ effect , ↑ epidemic , ↑ evil , ↑ fatigue , ↑ HIV , ↑ illness , ↑ infection , ↑ inflation , ↑ menace , ↑ pollution , ↑ poverty , ↑ problem , ↑ racism , ↑ recession , ↑ spread , ↑ terror , ↑ terrorism , ↑ truancy , ↑ unemployment , ↑ vandalism