battle

1. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war (synset 100955670)
   "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: action, military action - a military engagement
   subtypes:

   • armageddon - any catastrophically destructive battle
   • pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
   • naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets
   • armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces
   • dogfight - an aerial engagement between fighter planes
   • assault - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
   specific instances:

   • battle of britain - the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
   • drogheda - in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants
   is a part of: war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
   same as: conflict, engagement, fight
2. An energetic attempt to achieve something (synset 100790634)
   "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
   is a type of: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
   subtypes:

   • duel - any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
   • scramble, scuffle - an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
   • joust, tilt - a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
   same as: struggle
3. An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) (synset 100961007)
   "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
   is a type of: group action - action taken by a group of people
   subtypes:

   • class struggle, class war, class warfare - conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)
   • insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
   • counterinsurgency, pacification - actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
   • strife - bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
   • tug-of-war - any hard struggle between equally matched groups
   • turf war - a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights
   • combat, fight, fighting, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
   • feud - a bitter quarrel between two parties
   • war, warfare - an active struggle between competing entities
   same as: conflict, struggle

1. Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle (synset 201094777)
   "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
   is a type of: contend, fight, struggle - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
   subtypes:

   • dogfight - engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane
   • wrestle - combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force
   same as: combat

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