Definition: 1. An engagement fought between two military forces. 2. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle. 3. Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle.
Use 'combat' in a sentence:
1. The seagulls swirled in aerial combat over the barges.
2. The change presaged the dominance of mounted combat, and increasingly expensive equipment destroyed the venerable ideal of freeman warriors.
3. The soldiers were trained in unarmed combat.
4. The government hasn't worked out the effectual measures to combat unemployment.
5. Parliament has not yet begun to combat the deepening economic crisis, and public patience is wearing thin.
6. There was, reportedly, hand-to-hand combat in the streets.
7. A reporter interviewed the combat hero.
8. He was killed in combat.
9. They demanded a more expansionary economy to combat rising unemployment.
10. He shows off a copy of the scores used by the musicians whose flutes, cymbals, drums and pipes accompanied the Boxers into combat.
11. Occasionally hospitalization is required to combat dehydration.
12. It is a traditional Chinese sport which applies the art of attack and defence in combat.
13. Exercise has a major part to play in preventing and combating disease.
14. The police are planning sterner measures to combat crime.
15. Yesterday saw hand-to-hand combat in the city.
16. He never expected to return home wearing combat fatigues.
17. Men go to war and are exposed to combat stress.
18. Regular exercise helps to combat unwanted stress and is a good way of relaxing or letting off steam.
19. Congress has criticised new government measures to combat crime.
20. They were decisively defeated in combat/ action.
21. Well, speaking as a journalist I'm dismayed by the amount of pressure there is for pictures of combat.
22. Congress has criticized new government measures to combat crime.
23. Did the old heroes combat there?
24. Army officers discovered that the wrist watch was most practical for active combat.
25. There was fierce combat between the two sides.
26. The fight against inflation took priority over measures to combat the deepening recession.
27. He was wearing black combat trousers and a hooded fleece.
28. The aircraft will be used for reconnaissance rather than combat.
29. The number of prisoners increased as a corollary of the government's determination to combat violent crime.
30. They were locked in mortal combat.
31. His wounds knocked him out of combat for the duration.
32. He never expected to return home wearing US combat fatigues.
33. Some of the critter's combat strategies seem barbaric or downright bizarre.
34. Over 16 million men had died in combat.
35. Liaison between police forces and the art world is vital to combat art crime.
36. Constant vigilance is needed to combat this evil.
37. The air force and the navy retain their prohibition of women on air combat missions.
38. Soldiers in full combat gear stood at attention.
39. Being a combat sport, karate carries with it the risk of injury.
40. It was the end of a long combat.
41. Chip and PIN is designed to combat credit card fraud.
42. The government is taking action to combat drug abuse.
43. The government is introducing tougher measures to combat crime.
44. There is nothing so fearful as to be alone in a combat situation.
