combat

1. combat (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

Example: "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."

2. combat (noun) — sense 2

Definition: a struggle for victory

3. combat (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To fight; to struggle against.

Example: It has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction.

4. combat (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).

Example: To combat with a blind man I disdain.