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batalya [ba.tal.ya.] :

Derivatives of batalya

Glosses:

battle
n. (act)	1. battle, conflict, engagement, fight	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"
	~ military action, action	a military engagement.; "he saw action in Korea"
	~ armageddon	any catastrophically destructive battle.; "they called the first World War an Armageddon"
	~ pitched battle	a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place.
	~ naval battle	a pitched battle between naval fleets.
	~ armed combat, combat	an engagement fought between two military forces.
	~ war, warfare	the waging of armed conflict against an enemy.; "thousands of people were killed in the war"
	~ dogfight	an aerial engagement between fighter planes.
	~ assault	close fighting during the culmination of a military attack.
	~ battle of britain	the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it.
	~ drogheda	in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants.
	~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine	the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
n. (act)	2. battle, struggle	an energetic attempt to achieve something.; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
	~ attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour	earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"
	~ duel	any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups).
	~ scramble, scuffle	an unceremonious and disorganized struggle.
	~ joust, tilt	a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances.
n. (act)	3. battle, conflict, struggle	an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).; "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
	~ class struggle, class war, class warfare	conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes).
	~ insurrection, revolt, uprising, rebellion, rising	organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.
	~ counterinsurgency, pacification	actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency.
	~ group action	action taken by a group of people.
	~ strife	bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension.
	~ tug-of-war	any hard struggle between equally matched groups.
	~ turf war	a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights.; "a turf war erupted between street gangs"; "the president's resignation was the result of a turf war with the board of directors"
	~ fighting, combat, fight, scrap	the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
	~ feud	a bitter quarrel between two parties.
	~ warfare, war	an active struggle between competing entities.; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
v. (competition)	4. battle, combat	battle or contend against in or as if in a battle.; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
	~ fight, struggle, contend	be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
	~ dogfight	engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane.
	~ wrestle	combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force.; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"

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