battle


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battle
n. combat, fight, war
 
v. fight, engage in combat

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Battle
Generally, a battle "is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. A war sometimes consists of many battles. Battles generally are well defined in duration, area, and force commitment.

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battle

Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) conflict, fight, engagement
(hypernym) military action, action
(hyponym) Armageddon
(part-holonym) war, warfare
(derivation) combat
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
2. an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
(synonym) struggle
(hypernym) attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
(hyponym) duel
3. 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"
(synonym) conflict, struggle
(hypernym) group action
(hyponym) class struggle, class war, class warfare
(derivation) combat

Verb
1. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
(synonym) combat
(hypernym) fight, struggle
(hyponym) dogfight
(derivation) conflict, struggle


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battle
n. bitva; boj
 
v. zápasit, bitva s kým o co; boj (s čím/proti čemu)

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battle
Rzecz. bitwa; walka; walka; walka
 
Czas. walczyć