combat (n.)
- action
- affray
- altercation
- argument
- attack
- battle
- belligerence
- belligerency
- bickering
- bloodshed
- box
- brawl
- broil
- brush
- buck
- buffet
- bullfight
- clash
- close
- cockfight
- conflict
- confrontation
- contention
- contentiousness
- contest
- contestation
- controversy
- debate
- difference
- disagreement
- disputation
- dispute
- dogfight
- duel
- embroilment
- encounter
- engagement
- enmity
- fence
- feud
- fight
- fighting
- fray
- grapple
- hostilities
- hostility
- jostle
- joust
- litigation
- logomachy
- opposition
- polemic
- quarrel
- quarrelsomeness
- riot
- rival
- rumble
- scramble
- scrimmage
- scuffle
- skirmish
- spar
- strife
- struggle
- tauromachy
- tilt
- tourney
- traverse
- tug-of-war
- tussle
- vendetta
- war
- warfare
- wartime
- words
- wrangling
- wrestle
combat (v.)
- action
- antagonize
- attack
- battle
- box
- brawl
- broil
- brush
- buck
- buffet
- clash
- close
- collide
- conflict
- contend
- contest
- debate
- defy
- dispute
- dogfight
- duel
- encounter
- fence
- feud
- fight
- fray
- grapple
- jostle
- joust
- oppose
- quarrel
- repel
- riot
- rival
- rumble
- scramble
- scrimmage
- scuffle
- skirmish
- spar
- strive
- struggle
- tilt
- tourney
- traverse
- tussle
- war
- withstand
- words
- wrestle
The combat deepens. On, ye brave,
Who rush to glory or the grave!
Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave,
And charge with all thy chivalry!
Whose wit in the combat, as gentle as bright,
Ne'er carried a heart-stain away on its blade.
