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n. Plural form of combat.

v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of combat.

"If this fighting was a single act, there would be no necessity for any further subdivision, but the fight is composed of a greater or less number of single acts, complete in themselves, which we call combats, as we have shown in the first chapter of the first book, and which form new units."

combated    combating    combats    combatted    combatting   

single combat   

combatted    combatting   

combated    combating   

fight    withstand    oppugn    antagonize    repel    fight against    resist    oppose    resent    battle   

At    Batt    Bhatt    Cat    Catt    Gnat    Gujarat    Kat    Landsat    Mat   

battle    warfare    defense    assault    mission    operation    emergency    engagement    encounter    flight