Nouns (4)
combat
n. an engagement fought between two military forces
fight, combat, fighting
n. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
Verbs (3)
battle, combat, battle against
v. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (3)
armed
adj. (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery"
armed
adj. (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
armed
adj. having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination; "the many-armed goddess Shiva"
Fuzzynyms (52)
affray, altercation, fracas
n. noisy quarrel
opposition, confrontation
n. the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
contest
n. a struggle between rivals
contravention
n. coming into conflict with
riot, public violence
n. a public act of violence by an unruly mob
disagreement
n. the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
tilt, contention, argument, controversy, contestation, arguing
n. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
engagement, fight, battle
n. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
row, quarrel, words, wrangle, run-in, dustup
n. an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
contend, compete, vie
v. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
fight, oppose, defend, struggle against, fight down, fight back
v. fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
dispute, quarrel, argufy, altercate, have a quarrel
v. have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
buck, go against
v. resist; "buck the trend"
contest, contend, repugn
v. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
fight, struggle
v. make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
hold out, stand firm, resist, withstand, offer resistance
v. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
resist
v. withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
Synonyms (0)
Antonyms (8)
support, defend, fend for
v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
surrender, give up
v. give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
unarmed
adj. (used of persons or the military) not having or using arms; "went alone and unarmed"; "unarmed peasants were shot down"; "unarmed vehicles"
unarmed
adj. (used of plants or animals) lacking barbs or stings or thorns
armless
adj. having no arms; "the armless Venus de Milo"
armed combat
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