battle
11battle — ► NOUN 1) a sustained fight between organized armed forces. 2) a lengthy and difficult struggle or contest: a battle of wits. ► VERB ▪ fight or struggle tenaciously. DERIVATIVES battler noun. ORIGIN Old French bataille, from Latin battu …
12battle-ax — or battle axe [bat′ laks΄] n. 1. a heavy ax with a wide blade, formerly used as a weapon of war ☆ 2. Slang a woman who is harsh, domineering, etc …
13Battle — Bat tle, a. Fertile. See {Battel}, a. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
14Battle — (spr. Bätt l), Marktflecken in der englischen Grafschaft Sussex, Pulverfabriken (Batllepulver); 14,300 Ew. Hier schlug Wilhelm der Eroberer 1066 den König Harald von Norwegen u. stiftete zum Andenken eine Abtei, von welcher die Ruinen noch übrig… …
15Battle — (spr. bättl), Stadt in der engl. Grafschaft Ost Sussex, 11 km nordwestlich von Hastings, mit (1901) 2996 Einw. und den Ruinen einer prächtigen Abtei, die Wilhelm der Eroberer 1095 auf der Stelle, wo Harald 1066 fiel, gründete. In der Pfarrkirch:… …
16battle — I (dispute) noun action, affair, affray, argument, campaign, clash, collision, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, crusade, discord, dispute, dissension, encounter, engagement, hostilities, ordeal, resistance, row, showdown, strife,… …
17battle — vb war, fight, *contend Analogous words: combat, oppose, *resist, withstand, fight: *attack, assail, assault, bombard: kick, protest, *object …
18Battle — This article is about combat. For other meanings, see Battle (disambiguation). Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will… …
19battle — battle1 battler, n. /bat l/, n., v., battled, battling. n. 1. a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo. 2. participation in such hostile encounters or engagements: wounds received in battle. 3. a… …
20battle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 between armies ADJECTIVE ▪ bloody, fierce ▪ intense, pitched ▪ The two armies fought a pitched battle on the plain. ▪ climactic …
