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- Dictionarycombat/ˈkɒmbat/
noun
- 1. fighting between armed forces: "five Hurricanes were shot down in combat"
verb
- 1. take action to reduce or prevent (something bad or undesirable): "an effort to combat drug trafficking"
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The meaning of COMBAT is a fight or contest between individuals or groups. How to use combat in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Combat.
COMBAT definition: 1. a fight, especially during a war: 2. a fight between two people or things: 3. to try to stop…. Learn more.
Combat definition: to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously. See examples of COMBAT used in a sentence.
1. uncountable noun. 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. Synonyms: fight, war, action, battle More Synonyms of combat. 2. countable noun. A combat is a battle, or a fight between two people.
COMBAT meaning: 1. a fight, especially during a war: 2. to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from…. Learn more.
Combat is fighting between two groups of armed forces. When you engage in combat, typically this means you engage in fighting that involves weapons.
Definition of combat noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Combat definition: . See examples of COMBAT used in a sentence.
1. Fighting, especially with weapons: naval combat. 2. Contention or strife: rhetorical combat. adj. (kŏm′băt′) 1. Of or relating to combat: flew 50 combat missions. 2. Intended for use or deployment in combat: combat boots; combat troops.
An encounter or fight between two armed persons (parties, animals, etc.), a duel; spec. as in trial by combat, a duel allowed by law for the formal decision of a cause or dispute; = battle n. I.2. [Britton (1292) has combattre, but instead of combat, bataille appears: cf. battle n. I.2]
