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      battle
      noun
      (military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
      A contest, a struggle.
      A one-on-one competition in rapping or breakdance.
      A town and civil parish with a town council in Rother district, East Sussex, England; supposed site of the Battle of Hastings (OS grid ref TQ7416).
      A habitational surname from Middle English from places in England that have been sites of a battle.
      A place name:
      A hamlet in Yscir community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0131).
      A river in Saskatchewan, Canada.
      (military) Clipping of battle buddy. [(US, military) Another servicemember assigned to mutually help another under the battle buddy system, and by extension any comrade.]
      (military, now rare) A division of an army; a battalion.
      (military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
      (historical) A former unincorporated community in Carbon County, Washington, United States.
      verb
      (transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
      (intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
      To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.
      To feed or nourish (someone or something).
      adjective
      Of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; fattening, nourishing.
      (by extension) Of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful.
      Roots
      battualiabattle- · Late Latin · fighting, fencing exercises
      Synonyms for battle
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      Words related to battle
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