combat
♦ com|bat (combats combating or combatting combated or combatted)
The noun is pronounced /k'ɒmbæt/ The verb is pronounced /kəmb'æt/
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
Over 16 million men had died in combat...
Yesterday saw hand-to-hand combat in the city.
...combat aircraft.
2 [N-COUNT]
A combat is a battle, or a fight between two people.
It was the end of a long combat.
3 [VERB] V n
If people in authority combat something, they try to stop it happening.
Congress has criticised new government measures to combat crime.com|bat trou|sers
[N-PLURAL] also a pair of N
Combat trousers are large, loose trousers with lots of pockets.
He was wearing black combat trousers and a hooded fleece.
The noun is pronounced /k'ɒmbæt/ The verb is pronounced /kəmb'æt/
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
Over 16 million men had died in combat...
Yesterday saw hand-to-hand combat in the city.
...combat aircraft.
2 [N-COUNT]
A combat is a battle, or a fight between two people.
It was the end of a long combat.
3 [VERB] V n
If people in authority combat something, they try to stop it happening.
Congress has criticised new government measures to combat crime.com|bat trou|sers
[N-PLURAL] also a pair of N
Combat trousers are large, loose trousers with lots of pockets.
He was wearing black combat trousers and a hooded fleece.