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Definition of Combat
Combat

To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist.

A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.

An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.

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Combat Quotations

Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Thomas Jefferson

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
Andre Gide

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
Plato

I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.
Margaret Mead

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.
Fred Woodworth

Combat Translations

combat in French is se battre
combat in Italian is lottare
combat in Spanish is batallar


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