combat

• "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"
• "We must combat the prejudices against other races"
• "they battled over the budget"

Synonyms

• battlebattle or contend against in or as if in a battle; a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; an energetic attempt to achieve something; an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

Synonyms

• armed combatan engagement fought between two military forces

• "any contest or struggle"
• "a fight broke out at the hockey game"
• "there was fighting in the streets"
• "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"

Synonyms

• fightbe engaged in a fight; fight against or resist strongly; make a strenuous or labored effort; exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; the act of fighting; an aggressive willingness to compete; an intense verbal dispute; a boxing or wrestling match
• fightingengaged in or ready for military or naval operations; the act of fighting
• scrapdispose of (something useless or old); have a disagreement over something; make into scrap or refuse; a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; worthless material that is to be disposed of ; a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; the act of fighting