COMBATTING Synonyms

• requiring full use of your abilities or resources

• stimulating interest or thought

• disturbingly provocative

• sharply and harshly discordant

• the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

• the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down

• characterized by active hostility

• engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

• engaged in war

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• an energetic attempt to achieve something

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

• oppose, as in hostility or a competition

• deal with (something unpleasant) head on

• present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

• be face to face with

• table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted

• game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games

• a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens

• a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

• a person who counts things

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)

• a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot

• a return punch (especially by a boxer)

• in the opposite direction

• indicating opposition or resistance

• speak in response

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

• express opposition through action or words

• withstand the force of something

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse to comply

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• an energetic attempt to achieve something

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• battle or contend against in or as if in a battle

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• an aggressive willingness to compete

• an intense verbal dispute

• a boxing or wrestling match

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• fight against or resist strongly

• make a strenuous or labored effort

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

• worthless material that is to be disposed of

• a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• dispose of (something useless or old)

• have a disagreement over something

• make into scrap or refuse

• an engagement fought between two military forces