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1. (n.) battle
a hostile encounter between opposing military forces.
2. battle
participation in such an encounter or encounters:
wounds received in battle.
3. battle
any fight, conflict, or struggle, as between two persons or teams.
4. battle
Archaic. a battalion.
5. (v.i.) battle
to engage in battle.
6. battle
to struggle; strive.
7. (v.t.) battle
to fight (a person, army, cause, etc.).
8. battle
to force or accomplish by fighting, struggling, etc.
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| Definition of 'BATTLE' |
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1. (noun) 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"
2. (noun) struggle, battle
an energetic attempt to achieve something
"getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
3. (verb) 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"
4. (verb) battle, combat
battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
"The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
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1. (noun) battle
an instance of fighting during a war
The battle lasted four hours.; He was wounded in battle.; the Battle of the Bulge
2. battle
a long-lasting argument or competition
the battle for second place in the tournament; Congress and its battle with the White House
3. battle
an effort to stop sth
the battle against terrorism; her battle with cancer
4. (verb) battle
to make a great effort to achieve or win
He spent years battling against his illness.; to battle in order to overcome discrimination
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| Definition of 'BATTLE' |
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1. (adj) BATTLE
fertile. See Battel, a
2. (noun) BATTLE
to join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories
3. (verb) BATTLE
a general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat
4. (verb) BATTLE
a struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
5. (verb) BATTLE
a division of an army; a battalion
6. (verb) BATTLE
the main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia
7. (verb) BATTLE
to assail in battle; to fight
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Sense: a fight between opposing armies or individuals
the last battle of the war.
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 Afrikaans: veldslag |
 Arabic: مَعْرَكَـه |
 Bulgarian: битка |
 Brazilian: batalha |
 Czech: boj, bitva |
 German: die Schlacht |
 Danish: slag; kamp |
 Greek: μάχη |
 Spanish: batalla |
 Estonian: lahing |
 Farsi: نبرد |
 Finnish: taistelu |
 French: bataille |
 Hebrew: קְרַב |
 Hindi: लड़ाई |
 Croatian: bitka |
 Hungarian: csata |
 Indonesian: pertempuran |
 Icelandic: orrusta |
 Italian: battaglia |
 Japanese: 戦い |
 Korean: 전투 |
 Lithuanian: kova, mūšis |
 Latvian: kauja; cīņa |
 Malay: pertempuran |
 Dutch: veldslag |
 Norwegian: kamp, slag |
 Polish: bitwa |
 Persian: نبرد |
 Pashto: جګړه (د لښكرو)، هر ډول جګ |
 Portuguese: batalha |
 Romanian: bătălie, luptă |
 Russian: сражение |
 Slovak: bitka |
 Slovenian: bitka |
 Serbian: bitka |
 Swedish: strid, drabbning, [fält]s |
 Thai: การสู้รบ |
 Turkish: çarpışma, muharebe |
 Taiwanese: 戰役 |
 Ukrainian: бій |
 Urdu: لڑائی |
 Vietnamese: trận đánh |
 Chinese: 战役 |
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