combat

Definition

  • n. an engagement fought between two military forces

Word forms

Present participle
combating
Third person singular
combats
Past participle
combatted
Past tense
combated

Example sentences

  1. n.

    The soldiers prepared for combat as the enemy approached their camp.

  2. vi.

    The two teams will combat fiercely for the championship title.

  3. vt.

    He decided to combat the spread of misinformation online.