combat

combat
01. Doctors are trying to [combat] the spread of AIDS with a new miracle drug.
02. He was killed in [combat] during the Second World War.
03. The government is trying to [combat] inflation by freezing salaries in the public sector.
04. The conflict resulted from a clash between the usual [combatants] in the area.
05. The politician was a very [combative] man, and he refused to give up even when polls showed he was certain to lose the election.
06. How many soldiers have died in [combat] throughout Europe's violent history?
07. The Colosseum provided violent spectacles of [combats] featuring men and animals for the entertainment of the public of ancient Rome.
08. The government has okayed spraying to [combat] the spread of malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the area.
09. André Gide once said that it is easier to lead men to [combat], stirring up their passion, than to restrain them, and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
10. Max Lucado once remarked that conflict is inevitable, but [combat] is optional.
11. The government has announced increased funding towards [combatting] the spread of AIDS.
12. In an effort to [combat] unemployment, the government of Trinidad and Tobago is encouraging the development of new industries.
13. The last American [combat] troops left Vietnam in August of 1972.
14. Living a stressful life apparently lowers one's ability to [combat] disease.
15. The World Health Organization recently implemented a global strategy on diet and exercise aimed at [combatting] obesity, heart disease and other illnesses associated with an unhealthy lifestyle.
16. In World War One, hand to hand [combat] was replaced by technological weaponry which did not require enemy soldiers to come face to face.

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  • combat — [ kɔ̃ba ] n. m. • 1538; de combattre 1 ♦ Action de deux ou de plusieurs adversaires armés, de deux armées qui se battent. ⇒ bataille. Spécialt Phase d une bataille. ⇒ 1. action, affrontement, choc, engagement, mêlée, 1. rencontre; baroud. Combat… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • combat — COMBAT. subs. masc. L action par laquelle on attaque, ou l on se défend. Combat d homme à homme. Combat singulier. Combat d une armée contre une autre armée. Combat douteux. Combat à outrance. Combat opiniâtre. Combat sanglant. Combat sur terre.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • combat — Combat, m. acut. C est la meslée en bataille, de deux ou plusieurs, Certamen, Decertatio, Dimicatio, Discrimen, Praelium, Pugna, Conflictus, Selon ce on dit, Le combat a esté cruel, furieux, merveilleux entre les deux armées, Acriter admodum… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • combat — Combat. s. m. L action par laquelle on combat contre quelqu un. Combat d homme à homme. combat singulier. combat d une armée contre une autre armée. combat douteux. combat à outrance. combat opiniastré. combat sanglant. combat sur terre. combat… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Combat 18 — Logo derived from the Totenkopf used by the 3rd SS Panzer Division of the Waffen SS. Motto Whatever it takes Formation 1992 Type …   Wikipedia

  • Combat 18 — Lema Cueste lo que cueste Tipo Nacionalismo Blanco, Supremacía blanca Objetivos Formación paramilitar que pretende levantar un gobierno bajo la estructura del nacional socialismo. Combat 18 o C 18 es una organización de tendencia n …   Wikipedia Español

  • Combat 84 — ist eine Band aus der britischen Oi! Szene und stammt aus dem Londoner Stadtteil Chelsea. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 2 Politik 3 Diskografie 4 Weblinks …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Combat — (französisch Kampf ) steht für: Combat (Résistance), französische Résistance Gruppe Combat (Zeitung), französische Zeitung Combat Spirituel, afrikanische Pfingstkirche Combat 18, Terrororganisation Combat 84, britische Band Siehe auch: Ace Combat …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Combat 18 — (или C18)  британская праворадикальная террористическая организация, основанная неонацистской организацией «Blood and Honour» после заключения соглашения между Британским национальным фронтом и фанатской группировкой «Chelsea Headhunters» в… …   Википедия

  • Combat — Com bat, n. [Cf. F. combat.] 1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. [1913 Webster] My courage try by combat, if thou dar st. Shak. [1913 Webster] The noble combat that twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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