| NOUN | act | armed combat, combat | an engagement fought between two military forces |
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| Meaning | An engagement fought between two military forces. | |
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| Synonym | combat | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Part of | war, warfare | The waging of armed conflict against an enemy / enemy |
| Narrower | aggression | The act of initiating hostilities |
| hostilities, belligerency | fighting | |
| trench warfare | A type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other | |
| Broader | battle, conflict, fight, engagement | A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war |
| Spanish | combate, contienda | |
| Catalan | combat, contesa | |
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