combat

See: affray, altercation, attack, battle, belligerency, collision, compete, competition, conflict, confrontation, contend, contention, contest, dispute, embroilment, engage, fight, fray, grapple, involve, oppose, opposition, oppugn, resist, resistance, strife, struggle

combat

see BATTLE.

COMBAT, Eng. law. The form of a forcible encounter between two or more persons or bodies of men; an engagement or battle. A duel.