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# combat

«combat» in Mova's school dictionary: **fighting, especially between soldiers in war** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (combat — usually uncountable); verb (combat, combats, combated/combatted, combating/combatting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Combat is fighting, especially between soldiers in war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/#m1)

2) (verb) To combat something means to try hard to stop or reduce it: combat litter, combat disease. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/#m2)

3) To combat is also to fight in a battle against an enemy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history it is fighting in battles; in everyday and science texts the verb means fighting a problem: «combat climate change», «combat germs». Phrases: «in combat», «combat boots», «hand-to-hand combat», «combat the spread of».

### examples

- Soldiers trained for combat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/#x1)
- The town is working to combat litter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/#x2)
- Washing hands helps combat the spread of germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/#x3)
- He was injured in combat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/#x4)
- Combat boots are strong and heavy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/#x5)
- Scientists combat diseases with new medicines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/#x6)
- Did the old heroes combat there? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/#x7)

### note

Noun stressed COM-bat; verb often com-BAT or COM-bat. UK spelling may double the t (combatted), US usually not (combated). Similar: fight, battle, tackle.

### In the corpora

- ["Battle fatigue" is an old name for the mental injury soldiers get from combat, now called trauma.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «combat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/combat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.