Reverse Dictionary: COMBAT

ADJECTIVES
► ASS-IN-THE-GRASS engaged in combat, under fire → 1973 US military sl.
► A.T.C. allergic to combat → 1944 US military sl.
► BATTAILANT combatant, warlike, fighting; engaged in battle; prepared for battle → 1591 obs.
► MONOMACHIC of the nature of single combat → 1610 obs.
► POLEMIC given to dispute or controversy; contentious, disputatious, combative → 1614 
► POLEMICAL given to dispute or controversy; contentious, disputatious; combative → 1615 

NOUNS
► ACOUNTERING combat, battle → 1400 obs.
► AGONISM a combat, a competition; a strenuous struggle → 1688
► BARGAIN combat, fight, battle; contention or contest for the mastery → 1375 obs. exc. Sc.
► CAMP combat, fight, battle, war; martial contest → 1000 obs.
► ELEPHANT, THE combat → 1865 US Civil War usage
► MONOMACHIA a combat or contest between two people or opposing forces; a duel; a fight involving single combat → 1624 
► MONOMACHY a combat or contest between two people or opposing forces; a duel; a fight involving single combat → 1582 
► OPPOSITION combat, encounter → 1596 obs.
► PYROMACHY the use of fire in combat → 1593 
► SNATCH PATROL a combat mission in which the object is to capture enemy troops for interrogation → 1977 US sl.
► TILT a combat, encounter, or contest; a debate, a public dispute, a discussion; often applied in the 17th & 18th centuries to a duel → 1567
► TURKEY SHOOT a combat in which one’s own side wins without any difficulty, killing and destroying on a large scale → 1940 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BATTAILANT a combatant; one who does battle → 1620 obs.
► CAMPION a combatant; one who fights in single combat as a trial of strength or bravery, or to decide a judicial question → 1320 obs.
► MONOMACHIST a person who fights in single combat → 1828 

VERBS
► MATCH to meet in combat, to fight with → 1400 obs.
► OPPONE to combat, to withstand, to resist; to stand in the way of, to obstruct → 1610 obs.
► TILT to combat, to contend with; to strike or thrust at with a weapon → 1588