Battle

Noun

 * 1) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
 * 2) A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.
 * 3)  The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.

Verb

 * 1)  To nourish; feed.
 * 2)  To render fertile or fruitful, as in soil.
 * : To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
 * : To assail in battle; to fight.

Adjective

 * 1)   Improving; nutritious; fattening.
 * 2)  Fertile; fruitful.

Adjectives for Battle
bitter; hard-fought; furious; terrific; fierce; raging; frantic; desperate; hot; bloody; savage; gory; gallant; sanguinary; thrilling; glorious; mighty; valiant; decisive; ceaseless; brief; impending; arduous; incessant; strenuous; historic; bloodless; inglorious; exhausting; hopeless; undercover; stiff; ironic; silent; pitched; fateful; phantom; life-long; offensive; parliamentary; dramatic; unrighteous; perpetual; discouraging; hereditary; nameless; memorable; earthly; childish; verbal; crashing; hand-to-hand; immediate; never-ending; weird; raging; naval; puny; intellectual; disastrous; losing.

Verbs for Battle
arouse a—; clash in—; climax—; conflicting—; contend in—; create—; distinguish in—; doom to—; encounter in—; engage in—; finance—; gain in—; gird for—; give—; honor in—; join—; light the fuse of—; maneuver—; offer—; overcome in—; pit in—; pitch—; precipitate—; premeditate—; provoke—; pursue—; slay in—; stay—; strive in—; subsist in—; sway—; triumph in—; wage—; —depends on; —ensues; — flashes; —presses; —rages; —rings; — swirls.

Synonyms for Battle
conflict; encounter; contest; action

Derived terms

 * battle cry
 * battle ground
 * battle it out
 * battle piece
 * battle royal


 * battle song
 * battlearray
 * battlefield
 * battleground
 * drawn battle
 * do battle


 * give battle
 * join battle
 * pitched battle
 * wager of battle

Thesaurus
action, aerial combat, affray, agonize, all-out war, altercation, antagonize, appeal to arms, argument, arm, armed combat, armed conflict, armor, armor-plate, armored combat, assail, assault, attack, bank, barricade, battle royal, beat against, beat up against, belligerence, belligerency, blockade, bloodshed, bombard, box, brawl, breast the wave, broil, brush, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, bullfight, bulwark, campaign, carry on hostilities, castellate, clash, clash of arms, close, close with, cockfight, collide, combat, come to blows, compete with, competition, conflict, contend, contend against, contest, crenellate, crusade, cut and thrust, dig in, dispute, dogfight, duel, embattle, embroilment, encounter, engage in hostilities, engagement, entrench, exchange blows, exchange of blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, fight against, fighting, fire fight, fortify, fracas, fray, garrison, give and take, give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, ground combat, grunt and sweat, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, hassle, hostilities, hot war, house-to-house combat, huff and puff, join battle with, jostle, joust, la guerre, labor against, make war, man, man the garrison, melee, might of arms, military operations, militate against, mine, mix it up, naval combat, offer resistance, onset, onslaught, open hostilities, open war, oppugn, palisade, passage of arms, pitched battle, quarrel, rassle, reluct, reluctate, resort to arms, riot, rival, rumble, run a tilt, running fight, scramble, scrimmage, scuffle, shed blood, shooting war, shoving match, skirmish, sortie, spar, spill blood, stand-up fight, state of war, stem the tide, street fight, strive, strive against, struggle, struggle against, take on, tauromachy, the sword, thrust and parry, tilt, total war, tourney, tug, tug-of-war, tussle, vie with, wage war, wall, war, warfare, warmaking, warring, wartime, wrestle

Etymology

 * 1) From Early Modern English batell:, probably from  *undefined:, perhaps from  *undefined:, from *undefined:, from, from  + -le:. Compare batten:. More at.
 * 2) From  batel:, from  bataille:, from  *undefined:, from  battualia:, from  battuo:, from  (compare  bathu:), from  *bhau(t)- ‘to knock’ (compare  fatuus:,  𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃:).

Alternative forms

 * batail