combat

combat is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.
2. transitive verb. To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist.
3. noun. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.
4. noun. An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.
5. noun. an engagement fought between two military forces
6. noun. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

   "a fight broke out at the hockey game"

   "there was fighting in the streets"

   Synonyms: fight, fighting, scrap

7. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: battle

Synonyms

fight, fighting, scrap, battle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in combat:

tombac

Common word forms

combats, combated, combater, combating, combatted, combatter, combatable, combatting

Words from these letters

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