single combat
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The single combat involves swinging a conker -- a hardened horse chestnut -- on a string at your opponent's nut with murderous venom, until one is smashed to pieces.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
Project Convergence reflects the need to rapidly merge a variety of assets — both in the air and on the ground — into a single combat element, the focus of the new training regime.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 26, 2020
While it’s fun to harp on individual matchups, bouts of single combat rarely tell the whole story.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2019
In single combat, two armies confront each other in the battlefield.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2016
Her father, Ares, had worn the same expression when I’d fought him in single combat.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
