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noun an engagement fought between two military forces
noun the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
verb battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
origin16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”).
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