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combatting
Overview of verb combat
The verb combat has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (7) battle, combat -- (battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget")
Antonyms of verb combat
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb combat
1 sense of combat
Sense 1
battle, combat
=> contend, fight, struggle
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb combat
1 sense of combat
Sense 1
battle, combat
=> dogfight
=> wrestle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb combat
1 sense of combat
Sense 1
battle, combat
=> contend, fight, struggle
'Cause To' of verb combat
Derived Forms of verb combat
1 sense of combat
Sense 1
battle, combat
RELATED TO>(adj) combative#3
=> battleful, bellicose, combative
RELATED TO>(adj) combatant#1
=> combatant
RELATED TO>(noun) combat#2
=> fight, fighting, combat, scrap
RELATED TO>(noun) combat#1
=> combat, armed combat
RELATED TO>(noun) combatant#1
=> combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
Domain of verb combat
Domain Terms of verb combat
Familiarity of verb combat
combat used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb combat
1 sense of combat
Sense 1
battle, combat
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb combat
1 sense of combat
Sense 1
battle, combat
> contend, fight, struggle
=> bear down
=> fistfight
=> join battle
=> tug
=> fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
=> settle, get back
=> fight back
=> battle, combat
=> war
=> attack, assail
=> duel
=> joust
=> chicken-fight, chickenfight
=> tourney
=> feud
=> skirmish
=> bandy
=> fence
=> box
=> spar
=> scuffle, tussle
=> wrestle
=> engage, wage
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb combat
Sense 1
battle, combat
=> contend, fight, struggle
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Grep of verb combat
combat
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