battle

Nouns

  • (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
    engagement, fight, conflict,
  • (n) an energetic attempt to achieve something
    • getting through the crowd was a real struggle
    • he fought a battle for recognition
    struggle,
  • (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
    conflict, struggle,

Verbs

  • (v) battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
    • The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq
    • We must combat the prejudices against other races
    • they battled over the budget
    combat,

Synonyms

combat engagement fight conflict struggle

Words of close approximity

batty
batten batter battue
battle-ax battle-axe Battle Born State battle cruiser battle cry battle damage battledore battledore and shuttlecock battle dress battle fatigue battlefield battle flag battle fleet battlefront battleful battleground battle group battle line battlement battlemented battle of Atlanta battle of Austerlitz battle of Boyne Battle of Britain battle of Brunanburh Battle of Bull Run battle of Bunker Hill battle of Caporetto battle of Chattanooga battle of Chickamauga battle of Cowpens battle of Crecy battle of Cunaxa battle of Cynoscephalae Battle of El Alamein Battle of Flodden Field Battle of Fontenoy Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Granicus River Battle of Guadalcanal battle of Hastings battle of Hohenlinden battle of Ipsus battle of Issus battle of Ivry Battle of Jena battle of Jutland Battle of Kerbala Battle of Lake Trasimenus battle of Langside Battle of Lepanto battle of Leuctra Battle of Little Bighorn battle of Lule Burgas battle of Lutzen Battle of Magenta Battle of Maldon battle of Marathon battle of Marston Moor Battle of Midway battle of Minden Battle of Monmouth Battle of Monmouth Court House Battle of Naseby battle of Navarino battle of Omdurman battle of Panipat battle of Pharsalus battle of Philippi battle of Pittsburgh Landing battle of Plassey battle of Plataea battle of Poitiers Battle of Puebla Battle of Pydna Battle of Ravenna Battle of Rocroi battle of Rossbach battle of Saratoga battle of Sempatch battle of Shiloh battle of Soissons-Reims battle of Solferino battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse battle of St Mihiel battle of Tannenberg battle of Tertry battle of Teutoburger Wald battle of Tewkesbury battle of the Aisne Battle of the Ardennes Bulge battle of the Bismarck Sea Battle of the Bulge battle of the Chemin-des-Dames battle of the Coral Sea Battle of the Little Bighorn Battle of the Marne battle of the Philippine Sea battle of Thermopylae