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combative

/ˈkɒmbətɪv/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈkɒmbətɪv/
combative
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

com - ba - tive -> combative

Myanmar meaning

(adj) တိုက်ခိုက်ရန် ၊စကားစစ်ထိုးရန် အသင့်ရှိသော။

Full entry

combat /'kɒmbæt/ n [C, U]

တိုက်ပွဲ။
armed/unarmed combat (ie with/without weapons) ❍ The troops were exhausted after months of fierce combat. ❍ a combat jacket/mission/zone. See also SINGLE COMBAT
/'kɒmbæt, kǝm'bæt/ v
(က) တိုက်ခိုက်သည်။ စစ်ထိုးသည်။
combat the enemy.
(ခ) တိုက်ဖျက်ချေမှုန်းသည်။
combating disease/inflation/terrorism.
❏ combatant /'kɒmbǝtǝnt/ n တိုက်ပွဲဝင်စစ်သည်။ As many civilians as combatants have died in the war. Compare NON-COMBATANT
❏ combative /'kɒmbǝtÇv/ adj တိုက်ခိုက်ရန် ၊ စကားစစ်ထိုးရန် အသင့်ရှိသော။
in a combative mood. combatively adv

More examples
  • Fears of escalating combat
  • [in combat] : Servicemen killed in combat
  • Unarmed combat (=without weapons)
  • Combat forces/troops/aircraft
  • A combat mission/zone
  • Combat fatigues/jackets
  • These enzymes are important in the combat against bacteria.
Synonyms
battle, fight, war, contest, struggle, fighting, warfare, conflict, action, affray, battle royal, brush, brush-off, buck, clash, contend, cope, cross swords with, defy, dispute, do battle with, duel, encounter, engage, engagement, fight back, flap, fray, go up against, jackpot, mix-up, oppose, prevent, put up a fight, reduce, repel, resist, run-in, service, shoot it out, shoot-out, skirmish, stop, strive, tackle, traverse, withstand
Antonyms
accord, agree, agreement, calm, compromise, give in, give up, harmony, make peace, peace, retreat, run, support, surrender, truce, yield
Cross references
battlefightwarconteststrugglefightingwarfareconflictactionaffraybattle royalbrushbrush-offbuckclashcontendcopecross swords withdefydisputedo battle withduelencounterengageengagementfight backflapfray
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