combat - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

an engagement fought between two military forces

Synonyms

• armed combat
• combat

More generic

• battle
• conflict
• engagement
• fight

More specific

• aggression
• belligerency
• hostilities
• trench warfare

Related

• war
• warfare

Noun

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

Synonyms

• combat
• fight
• fighting
• scrap

More generic

• battle
• conflict
• struggle

More specific

• affaire d'honneur
• affray
• banging
• battering
• beating
• brawl
• brush
• clash
• close-quarter fighting
• cut-and-thrust
• disturbance
• dogfight
• duel
• encounter
• fencing
• fistfight
• fisticuffs
• fray
• free-for-all
• gang fight
• gunfight
• gunplay
• hassle
• impact
• in-fighting
• knife fight
• rough-and-tumble
• ruffle
• rumble
• scuffle
• set-to
• shock
• shootout
• single combat
• skirmish
• slugfest
• snickersnee
• tussle
• whipping

Related

• blow

Verb

battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

Synonyms

• battle
• combat

More generic

• contend
• fight
• struggle

More specific

• dogfight
• wrestle

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