combat

Meanings

Noun

A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
a struggle for victory

Verb

To fight; to struggle against.
To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).

Origin

Borrowed from French, from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- ("with") + battuere.

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