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combating
adjective as in militant
adjective as in opposed
Strong matches
adjective as in opposed/opposing
Weak matches
- against the grain
- allergic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antithetical
- antonymous
- at cross-purposes
- at odds
- averse
- battling
- clashing
- conflicting
- confronting
- contrary
- controverting
- counter
- crossing
- defending
- defensive
- denying
- disagreeing
- disputed
- disputing
- dissentient
- enemy
- exposing
- facing
- gainsaying
- hostile
- in opposition
- incompatible
- inimical
- irreconcilable
- objecting
- obstructive
- opposite
- protesting
- repelling
- restrictive
- rival
- up against
- warring
adjective as in oppositional
Weak matches
- adversarial
- adverse
- against the grain
- allergic
- antagonistic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antithetical
- antonymous
- at cross-purposes
- at odds
- averse
- battling
- clashing
- conflicting
- confronting
- contrary
- controverting
- counter
- crossing
- defending
- defensive
- denying
- disagreeing
- disputed
- disputing
- dissentient
- enemy
- exposing
- facing
- gainsaying
- hostile
- in opposition
- incompatible
- inimical
- irreconcilable
- objecting
- obstructive
- opposed
- opposite
- protesting
- repelling
- restrictive
- rival
- up against
- warring
adjective as in rival
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
She was part of the first female platoon to go through the same combat training as the men, she says.
It features a massive Caribbean open world, with islands, buried treasure to discover and excellent naval combat that would later inspire Ubisoft’s “Skull & Bones,” a yet-to-be released game that focuses specifically on seafaring battles.
Abilities feel great, too — in fact, they make combat more grounded.
These extra missions sound promising, but they are little more than scrambled combat arenas, mostly set in the same maps used in the main story mode.
That’s because experience has shown that it is the logistics personnel, transporting supplies, who run the biggest risks of coming under attack in combat zones.
On Wednesday night, when President Barack Obama explained our strategy for combating ISIS he said … what?
The last phase, which would take three years, would involve combating ISIS inside Syria, its primary base.
Winstead explained that, “combating fear and lies with humor and truth is the best job in the world.”
The cost of combating these swarms to prevent a public health crisis could be enormous, he adds.
Instead he spoke about combating the stigma attached to PTSD.
The position they chose to assume in combating this “fine old gentlemanly vice” is a singular feature in its history.
But he was a Job wrestling with difficulty, a Job combating and making head against afflictions; a Job conquering!
It was this influence that she felt herself combating with growing weakness.
The hot colonic flushing is particularly serviceable in combating the sick headaches of migraine.
But they all looked to me, as the only person capable of combating a like adversary with hope of success.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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