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combat

[kuhm-bat, kom-bat, kuhm-, kom-bat, kuhm-] / kəmˈbæt, ˈkɒm bæt, ˈkʌm-, ˈkɒm bæt, ˈkʌm- /




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He served in the Army as a combat mission pilot-in-command in Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal

Crane, who died Tuesday at age 81, relished that sort of intellectual combat as he sought to promote individual freedom and libertarian ideals.

From The Wall Street Journal

Contact with him was lost during a combat mission in February last year and he has since been considered missing in action.

From BBC

Macron said France would hold social media platforms accountable and demand the removal of harmful content to combat "the poison of digital hatred".

From Barron's

Organizers have said that the feeling on the ground is that it’s not one single tactic that is effective at combating ICE, but the combination of many tactics.

From Salon