- battle, conflict, fight, engagement - 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"
--1 is a kind of military action, action
--1 is a part of war, warfare
--1 has particulars:Armageddon; pitched battle; naval battle; combat, armed combat; dogfight; assault; Battle of Britain; Drogheda Derived form: verb battle1 - struggle, battle - an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
--2 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
--2 has particulars: duel; scramble, scuffle; joust, tilt - conflict, struggle, battle - 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"
--3 is a kind of group action
--3 has particulars:Derived form: verb battle1
- battle, combat - 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"
--1 is one way to fight, struggle
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun battle3, noun battle1, noun battler1
Sam and Sue battle
Sam cannot battle Sue