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battle

noun

1 battle

A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war:
— Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga.

synonyms: conflict, engagement, fight.

Roget 720: contention, strife; contest, contestation; struggle; belligerency; opposition etc. 708.    controversy, polemics; debate etc. (discussion) ... show more

Roget 722: warfare; fighting etc. v.; hostilities; war, arms, the sword; Mars, Bellona, grim visaged war, horrida bella [Lat.]; bloodshed.    appeal to arms, ... show more

Dutch: duel, gevecht, kamp, slag, treffen, tweegevecht, tweekamp, worsteling
Polish: bitwa

2 battle

An energetic attempt to achieve something:
— He fought a battle for recognition.

synonym: struggle.

Polish: batalia

3 battle

An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals):
— Police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs.

synonyms: conflict, struggle.

Dutch: zeeslag, veldslag, slag, conflict, incident, strijd
Polish: konflikt, konfrontacja

verb

1 battle

Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle:
— They battled over the budget.

synonym: combat.


Moby thesaurus: Actium, Adrianople, Aegates Isles, Aegospotami, Agincourt, Antietam, Anzio, Arbela-Gaugamela, Ardennes, Austerlitz, Ayacucho, Balaclava, Bannockburn, Bataan-Corregidor, Bismarck Sea, Blenheim, Bosworth Field, Bouvines, Boyne, Brunanburh ... show more.

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