BATTLE

Battle

Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. A war sometimes consists of many battles. Battles generally are well defined in duration, area and force commitment.

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battle

Noun

  1. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
  2. A struggle; a contest.
  3. A division of an army; a battalion.
  4. The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.

Verb

  1. To nourish; feed.
  2. To render fertile or fruitful, as in soil.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
  2. To assail in battle; to fight.

Adjective

  1. Improving; nutritious; fattening.
    battle grass, battle pasture
  2. Fertile; fruitful.
    battle soil, battle land


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