combat

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To take action to stop or reduce something harmful.

   The government launched a campaign to combat drug addiction.

2. 2
   noun

   Fighting, especially between armed forces.

   Many soldiers were wounded in combat.

16th century, borrowed from Middle French combat, deverbal from Old French combatre, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- (“with”) + battuere (“to beat, strike”).

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