Thesaurus: battle

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1. a. Fertile. See Battel, a.
2. v. t. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
3. v. t. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.
4. v. t. A division of an army; a battalion.
5. v. t. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.
6. n. To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
7. v. t. To assail in battle; to fight.
8. n. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
9. n. an energetic attempt to achieve something
10. n. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
11. v. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle