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Definitions of combat:

noun:   an engagement fought between two military forces
noun:   the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
verb:   battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
Example: "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"

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boxing contact-sport hand-to-hand-combat amateur-wrestling mixed-martial-arts fencing strike-attack grappling weapon ancient-olympic-games hoplitodromos wrestling pankration chariot-racing ancient-rome gladiator-shi-ar middle-ages renaissance tournament-medieval jousting folk-wrestling syncretism muay-thai taekwondo karate brazilian-jiu-jitsu judo kendo martial-art b-j-qu-n bokator capoeira kenpo kickboxing lethwei pradal-serey savate sikaran subak shaolin-kung-fu taekkyeon taido wing-chun wingtsun zui-quan aikido catch-wrestling glima hapkido jujutsu kinomichi kurash malla-yuddha varzesh-e-pahlavani pehlwani sambo-martial-art shuai-jiao ssireum sumo systema ya-l-g-re batt-jutsu eskrima egyptian-stick-fencing gatka haidong-gumdo hojojutsu iaido iaijutsu jodo jogo-do-pau jukendo juttejutsu kenjutsu ky-d ky-jutsu modern-arnis naginatajutsu okinawan-kobudo shurikenjutsu silambam hybrid-martial-arts bando bartitsu combatives jeet-kune-do kajukenbo kalarippayattu krav-maga kuk-sool-won rumi-maki northern-praying-mantis ninjutsu russian-all-round-fighting sanshou shoot-boxing shootfighting silat tai-chi-chuan vajra-mushti

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