Synonyms for combating
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb kuhm-bat, kom-bat, kuhm-; noun kom-bat, kuhm- |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb kəmˈbæt, ˈkɒm bæt, ˈkʌm-; noun ˈkɒm bæt, ˈkʌm- |
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Définition of combating
Origin :- 1560s, from Middle French combat (16c.), from Old French combattre (12c.), from Late Latin combattere, from Latin com- "with" (each other) (see com-) + battuere "to beat, fight" (see batter (v.)). Related: Combated; combating; combatted; combatting.
- verb fight
- Plato saw the necessity of combating the illogical logic of the Megarians and Eristics.
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
- I ignored it, and went on combating what I assumed to be the scruples of an exaggerated delicacy.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- His strength was beyond any hope of combating it with her small strength.
- Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower
- We watch him, admiring his ferocious aspect, combating with death.
- Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Dante compelled himself to speak bravely, combating her alarms.
- Extract from : « The God of Love » by Justin Huntly McCarthy
- All moral devices for combating abuses flourish in the school.
- Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
- Athos lost no more time in combating this immutable resolution.
- Extract from : « The Man in the Iron Mask » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
- He was swift to detect error, and impatient in combating blunder.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
- So far from combating the will, both the Crockers were cordial in their support.
- Extract from : « Starlight Ranch » by Charles King
- Only in one way, by mastering or, more commonly, by combating affection.
- Extract from : « The Aesthetical Essays » by Friedrich Schiller
Antonyms for combating
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