Examples: Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
Examples: getting through the crowd was a real struggle he fought a battle for recognition
Examples: the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
Examples: The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq We must combat the prejudices against other races they battled over the budget
battle (English)└── batel (Middle English (1100-1500)) └── bataille (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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