To strive in combat; fight
To resist or oppose with determined effort:
To carry on war; engage in military conflict
To move or place (something) with an effort:
To struggle or fight in rough confusion
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To cause (insects, etc.) to react by staying away
To contend with in speech or action; resist; withstand
To wear away (the edges of fabric, for example) by rubbing.
To engage in or carry on (a war, conflict, case, etc.)
To acknowledge and accept or deal with:
To confront (someone or something) face to face.
To resist or oppose boldly or openly
To try to disprove or invalidate (something) as by argument or legal action; dispute
(Obs.) To fight; battle; contend
To be in opposition or disagreement:
The definition of a brush is a tool with bristles on a handle, the process of using such a tool or the act of lightly sweeping something.
The definition of attack is to make an attempt to hurt someone or something (physically or verbally), to destroy someone or something, to impact someone or something in a dangerous manner, or to forcibly take someone or something.
To struggle or fight with by wrestling; wrestle with
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To fight with lances; joust.
compromising (antonym)
Compromise means to give up some demands and agree on something less than what was originally wanted.
agreeing (antonym)
To share an opinion or feeling; be in accord:
surrendering (antonym)
To give up in favor of another, especially voluntarily:
retreating (antonym)
(Chess) To withdraw (a piece), as from a dangerous position
Find another word for combating. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for combating, like: battling, contending, resisting, withstanding, warring, struggling, scuffling, repelling, opposing, fraying and fighting.
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