Antonyms for combat
kəmˈbæt, ˈkɒm bæt; ˈkɒm bætcom·bat

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1. combatverb

   To attack is to begin hostilities of any kind. A general invades a country by marching in troops; he attacks a city by drawing up an army against it; he assaults it by hurling his troops directly upon its defenses. Assail and assault, tho of the same original etymology, have diverged in meaning, so that assault alone retains the meaning of direct personal violence. One may assail another with reproaches; he assaults him with a blow, a brandished weapon, etc. Armies or squadrons charge; combat and encounter may be said of individual contests. To beset is to set around, or, so to speak, to stud one's path, with menaces, attacks, or persuasions. To besiege and beleaguer are the acts of armies. To encounter is to meet face to face, and may be said either of the attacking or of the resisting force or person, or of both.

   Antonyms:
   aid, befriend, cover, defend, protect, resist, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold, withstand

   Synonyms:
   assail, assault, attack, attack, beleaguer, beset, besiege, charge, encounter, fall upon, invade, set upon, storm

   Preposition:
   We were attacked by the enemy with cannon and musketry.

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1. combatnoun

   Antonyms:
   surrender, submission, mediation, reconciliation, truce, arbitration

   Synonyms:
   encounter, conflict, contention, struggle, contest, engagement, arms, battle

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1. • Fight

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1. combat, armed combatnoun

   an engagement fought between two military forces

   Synonyms:
   fight, armed combat, fighting, scrap

2. fight, fighting, combat, scrapverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   bit, flake, battle, fleck, fighting, conflict, rubbish, trash, fight, scrap, competitiveness, armed combat, engagement, chip

3. battle, combatverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   battle

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1. combatnoun

   Synonyms:
   contest bout, struggle, contention, fight, joust, battle

How to use combat in a sentence?

1. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   They'll be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars, and lead infantry soldiers into combat. They'll be able to serve as Army Rangers and Green Berets, Navy SEALS, Marine Corps infantry, Air Force parajumpers and everything else that was previously open only to men.

2. Wilbur Ross:

   Today's actions prove once again that President Trump will do everything in President Trump power to guarantee our national security and protect Americans from the threats of the Chinese Communist Party, at the President's direction, we have taken significant action to combat China's malicious collection of American citizens' personal data, while promoting our national values, democratic rules-based norms, and aggressive enforcement of U.S. laws and regulations.

3. Claire Mysko:

   Everyone (says) 'Oh obesity, obesity, we have to do something about the obesity epidemic,' and so it's like throwing spaghetti at a wall without any evidence behind it and then you see that these programs are actually backfiring, we have to be very careful that in our efforts to combat one so-called epidemic that we're not adding fuel to the fire of another one.

4. Allen West:

   Yesterday I put out a piece on the RPT( Republican Party of Texas) website, my chairman's Monday message, it said cool hands always prevail, because I've been in combat, and you have to temper emotions, you have to stay focused, you have to stay resolute. And people are looking for that that calm, still voice, that leadership voice, and that's what I want to try to be.

5. Chris Capossela:

   We have expressed deep concerns to Facebook and are stopping Chris Capossela on the platform until we see more robust safeguards in place, we are also reviewing our social media strategy across all markets and platforms, and we will take additional actions as needed to protect our brand and combat hateful content.

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