"armed combat" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation

is a type of: battle, conflict, engagement, fight - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
subtypes:
- belligerency, hostilities - fighting; acts of overt warfare
- trench warfare - a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other
- aggression - the act of initiating hostilities
is a part of: war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

same as: combat