BATTLE — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
battle
An energetic attempt to achieve something.
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- Getting through the crowd was a real struggle.
- He fought a battle for recognition.
A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.
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- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga.
- He lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement.
An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).
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- The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine.
- Police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs.
Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle.
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- The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq.
- We must combat the prejudices against other races.
- They battled over the budget.
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