- combat
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ fierce, intense, mortal▪ armed, unarmed▪ close, hand-to-hand▪ open▪ single▪ active, actual▪ modern▪ ground, land, urban▪ aerial, air, air-to-airVERB + COMBAT▪ be engaged in, be locked in, engage in▪
The troops were locked in hand-to-hand combat.
▪ see▪Our platoon has yet to see combat.
▪ send sb intoCOMBAT + NOUN▪ mission, operation▪ zone▪ force, patrol, troops, unit▪ veteran▪ aircraft, vehicle▪ boots, equipment, fatigues, gear, jacket (BrE), suit, uniform▪ capability, effectiveness, power, readiness▪ action, experiencePREPOSITION▪ in combat▪He was killed in combat.
▪ in combat with▪The soldiers are in combat with rebel forces.
▪ combat against▪in mortal combat against dragons
▪ combat between▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a fierce combat between two champions
verbADVERB▪ effectively, successfully▪She argued that the only way to combat inflation effectively was to keep interest rates high.
VERB + COMBAT▪ help (to)▪ be designed toPHRASES▪ action to combat sth, efforts to combat sth, measures to combat sth, policies to combat sth▪Measures to combat violent crime have been proposed.
Combat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alcoholism, ↑boredom, ↑corruption, ↑crime, ↑discrimination, ↑disease, ↑disorder, ↑effect, ↑epidemic, ↑evil, ↑fatigue, ↑HIV, ↑illness, ↑infection, ↑inflation, ↑menace, ↑pollution, ↑poverty, ↑problem, ↑racism, ↑recession, ↑spread, ↑terror, ↑terrorism, ↑truancy, ↑unemployment, ↑vandalism
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
