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combat

noun
/ˈkɒmˌbæt/UK/ˈkɑmˌbæt/US/kəmˈbæt/UK

Etymology

16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”).

  1. derived from com-
  2. derived from *combattere✻
  3. derived from combatre
  4. borrowed from combat

Definitions

  1. A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

    • Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.

  2. a struggle for victory

  3. To fight

    To fight; to struggle against.

    • It has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To fight (with)

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

      • To combat with a blind man I disdain.

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Derived

anticombat, armoured combat, armored combat, close combat, combatable, combat air patrol, combatant, combat armor suit, combat armour suit, combatative, combat boot, combat box, combat drone, combat engineer, combat fatigue, combat fatigues, combat general, combative, combat loading, combat log, combat pants, combat pay, combat-ready, combat roll, combat sport, combat stress reaction, combat trousers, combatworthy, combat zone, intercombat, mortal combat, mutual combat, noncombat, postcombat, post-combat, pre-combat, precombat, single combat, stage combat, trial by combat

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at combat. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at combat. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at combat

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA