Combatant

Definition

combat /'kɒmbæt/ n [C, U] တိုက္ပြဲ။ 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) တိုက္ခိုက္သည္။ စစ္ထိုးသည္။ combat the enemy. (ခ) တိုက္ဖ်က္ေခ်မႈန္းသည္။ combating disease/inflation/terrorism. ❏ combatant /'kɒmbǝtǝnt/ n တိုက္ပြဲဝင္စစ္သည္။ As many civilians as combatants have died in the war. Compare NON-COMBATANT ❏ combative /'kɒmbǝtÇv/ adj တိုက္ခိုက္ရန္ ၊ စကားစစ္ထိုးရန္ အသင့္ရိွေသာ။ in a combative mood. combatively adv

Examples

1. Fears of escalating combat
2. [in combat] : Servicemen killed in combat
3. Unarmed combat (=without weapons)
4. Combat forces/troops/aircraft
5. A combat mission/zone
6. Combat fatigues/jackets
7. These enzymes are important in the combat against bacteria.