Word

battle, n.
(battles)
freq. cnt. 81

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 104 freq. cnt.: 73 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4

battle conflict engagement fight

sample sentences

"Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"
"he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

battle

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

fight

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

engage

semantic pointers

hypernym

action, military action

part holonym

war, warfare

domain of synset (topic)

armed forces, military, armed services, military machine, war machine

hyponym

Armageddon pitched battle naval battle combat, armed combat dogfight assault

instance hyponym

Battle of Britain Drogheda

an energetic attempt to achieve something
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 8

battle struggle

sample sentences

"getting through the crowd was a real struggle"
"he fought a battle for recognition"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

struggle

semantic pointers

hypernym

effort, attempt, try, endeavor, endeavour

hyponym

duel scramble, scuffle joust, tilt

an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6

battle conflict struggle

sample sentences

"the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine
"police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

struggle

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

battle

semantic pointers

hypernym

group action

hyponym

class struggle, class war, class warfare rebellion, revolt, insurrection, uprising, rising pacification, counterinsurgency strife tug-of-war turf war fighting, fight, combat, scrap feud war, warfare