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combat
noun as in battle
verb as in fight
Example Sentences
For service members, the proposal ensures the military housing allowance no longer counts against eligibility, while former foster youth would see restrictions eased to combat college hunger.
People swallow or gargle the brews to combat routine bacterial infections.
Among its strategies to combat homelessness, the city has used state and federal funds to buy up motels and convert them into affordable housing.
A promising method to combat this problem is desalination technology because it can tap seawater.
Tensions between Israel and the UN over its peacekeeping operations in southern Lebanon have escalated in recent months, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling for the forces to pull out of “combat areas”.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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