COMBATED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

combated

verb

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past tense of combat

as in fought

to oppose (someone) in physical conflict a general eager to combat the enemy on his own ground

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as in opposed

to strive to reduce or eliminate must marshal all of our resources to combat this disease

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Recent Examples of combated High winds and hilly terrain complicated efforts by firefighters, who combated the blazes with firetrucks and bulldozers. — ABC News, 24 July 2026 High winds and hilly terrain complicated efforts by firefighters, who combated the blazes with fire trucks and bulldozers. — Caroline Blumberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 They should be viewed and combated as threats to national security, too. — David Blumenthal, STAT, 20 July 2026 That will surely improve with time, but for now, KAT and the Knicks have recognized it and combated it appropriately. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 June 2026 The awards, created by Prince William, are designed to inspire new environmental ideas and initiatives — and optimism that climate change and other challenges can be combated. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 In the midst of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, TNG also combated racial discrimination in the news industry in hiring and promotion. — Errol Salamon, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026 Catholic and Lutheran churches and mutual benefit societies preserved cultural heritage, combated isolation and shaped the new state’s religious culture for generations. — Daniel Cueto-Villalobos, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026 This phrase was born on social media and its effects can be combatted with intervention from parents. — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 20 Dec. 2025

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When the Lebanese Civil War ended in 1990, a wall text informs, militias sold off weapons, many of which found their way to the Balkans; the Yugoslav Wars, then, were fought partly with Lebanese arms.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
All but one state fought the lawsuits, including seven that had Republican chief election officers.

— Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026

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But the divisive veteran Israeli leader has scratched, scraped and literally battled his way back during a stormy three-year period of nonstop domestic crises and wars across the region.

— Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
The fire broke out at the Eagle’s Nest in the Bavarian Alps on Friday evening, and firefighters battled the flames against strong winds.

— Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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