battle
noun
[ ˈbat(ə)l ]
• a sustained fight between large organized armed forces.
• "the battle lasted for several hours"
Similar:
fight,
conflict,
armed conflict,
clash,
struggle,
skirmish,
engagement,
dogfight,
affray,
fray,
encounter,
confrontation,
contest,
meeting,
collision,
duel,
tussle,
scuffle,
melee,
fracas,
war,
campaign,
crusade,
fighting,
warfare,
combat,
action,
hostilities,
scrap,
shoot-out,
battle
verb
• struggle tenaciously to achieve or resist something.
• "he has been battling against the illness"
Similar:
fight,
combat,
contend with,
resist,
withstand,
stand up to,
put up a fight against,
confront,
war,
feud,
struggle,
strive,
campaign,
work,
toil,
Opposite:
give up,
give in,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French bataille (noun), bataillier (verb), based on late Latin battualia ‘military or gladiatorial exercises’, from Latin battuere ‘to beat’.
