battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; " The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq"; " We must combat the prejudices against other races"; " they battled over the budget"

an energetic attempt to achieve something; " 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; " 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); " the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"-- Thomas Paine; " police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti- abortion mobs"

Fertile. See Battel, a.

A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

A division of an army; a battalion.

The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.

To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

To assail in battle; to fight.

A fight or encounter between opposing forces; a struggle for mastery.

To contend in a fight; to struggle; as, to battle against difficulties.

A contest between opposing armies: a fight or encounter.

To join or contend in fight.

The body of an army.

A fight; combat.

To fight; to contend.

To fight; struggle; strive.

A combat between hostile armies or fleets; a fight; conflict; contest.

Arms, or an armed force.

A fight or an engagement between enemies or opposing armies.

To contend in fight; to struggle.

A fight between enemies; an encounter between armies.

To contend in fight.

This was a terrible battle for the white men. – The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the Kentucky rifleman by Uncle Philip

But even then the battle was not won, for when he suggested going off there at once, he very nearly brought another fit of passion down on his head. – A Mummer's Wife by George Moore

Her soldiers have believed the world to have lost all, because a battle turned against them, Hittin or Leipsic. – Hills and the Sea by H. Belloc

He was a brave man, and never knew in battle what fear was. – Comic History of the United States by Bill Nye

Then the battle began. – The Beetle A Mystery by Richard Marsh

We shall have a great battle in a day or two. – A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America by S. A. Ferrall

The battle began at half- past six o'clock in the morning. – Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan

Nay, not killed, but just before the battle. – In the Day of Adversity by John Bloundelle-Burton

You carried on the battle before, but I must do so now. – Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope

We are few and they are many, but the end of a battle has never been sure. – The Weavers, Complete by Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 14, 2009

I see that my power is gone- that if I were to live I could no longer carry on the battle- or my old life. – Marcella by Mrs. Humphry Ward

Besides, he had no heart in the battle. – The Everlasting Arms by Joseph Hocking

Perhaps he was thinking of his dead wife or his brave boy killed in battle. – The Gospel of the Hereafter by J. Paterson-Smyth

167 Varaville, battle of, i. – History of the English People, Index by John Richard Green

But it was now growing dark, and the third day's battle came to an end. – When London Burned by G. A. Henty

It was a losing battle- that he knew. – The U.P. Trail by Zane Grey

Let them battle in the open, and we will stand here. – The Golden Rock by Ernest Glanville

There's to be a great battle. – Pierre And His People, [Tales of the Far North], Volume 4. by Gilbert Parker

Here was the old battle of men, as old as life. – The Last of the Plainsmen by Zane Grey