combat - use in sentences

Object

  • terrorism: These ' extras ' are now required to help to combat terrorism.
  • racism: In Scotland, supporters have formed a national campaign to combat racism in football.
  • exclusion: Inclusive design also has a broader goal - to combat social exclusion.
  • trafficking: There is a significant danger that measures to combat trafficking may prevent genuine asylum seekers from gaining access to asylum procedures.
  • fraud: Back to top What can I do to combat fraud?
  • discrimination: The Treaty of Amsterdam has given EU members broad new powers to combat discrimination.

Adjective modifier

  • hand-to-hand: Troops then leaped onto the enemy ship and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.
  • gladiatorial: A man and a woman circle each other in a barbed relationship, a gladiatorial combat and struggle of wills than anything else.
  • unarmed: In her fighter cockpit or in unarmed combat, she's force to be reckoned with.
  • mortal: Seven contestants engage in mortal combat until only one remains.
  • air-to-air: Students will basically learn; how to drop bombs, strafe targets and the basics of air-to-air combat.
  • aerial: Our losses were 23 aircraft lost in aerial combat, eighty lost in ditching.

Present participle complement

  • counterfeit: Background A package of measures to combat counterfeiting and piracy were put forward by the European Commission in October.
  • bully: For details of how to combat bullying in the workplace also see the TUC site.

Modifies a noun

  • trouser: Trousers: Black combat trousers Shoes: White Adidas ' Stan Smith ' .
  • aircraft: The term " combat aircraft " does not include primary trainer aircraft.
  • troop: They are the first US combat troops to enter the war.
  • sortie: Tariq Aziz said that these jets had carried out 76 combat air sorties between October 16 and 23.
  • mission: Still a young man in his early 20s, he was killed while flying a combat mission off the carrier Saratoga.
  • helicopter: Although it looks a bit dated it offers weeks of solid gameplay and gives an interesting insight into the world of combat helicopters.

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