Any fight between two or more adversaries with no, or very limited, rules.

Inflected Forms(s):

Combating (verb)

Comments:

Combat generally refers to a fight that takes place with limited or no preset rules.

Combat generally refers to physical battles, but can also, but not usually, refer to psychological battles.

Combat can occur with any type of Weapon(s) - Naturalor Man-made.

Combat mostly has a serious tone, and is generally not used to refer to a light hearted or regulated fight.

Example(s):

A battle between two armies demonstrates Combat.

Synonym(s):

Battle, Conflict, Duel, Fight, War

Related Definition(s):

Environment, Weapon

Related Term(s):

Combat Arena, Combat Awareness, Combat Effectiveness