Battle

[n] an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
[n] a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
[n] an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
[v] battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"

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Synonyms

combat, conflict, engagement, fight, struggle

Related Terms

action, Actium, Adrianople, Aegates Isles, Aegospotami, aerial combat, affray, Agincourt, agonize, all-out war, altercation, antagonize, Antietam, Anzio, appeal to arms, Arbela-Gaugamela, Ardennes, argument, arm, armed combat, armed conflict, armor, armor