Battle

Bat´tle Pronunciation: băt´t'l

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

A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.

The whole intellectual battle that had at its center the best poem of the best poet of that day.

- H. Morley.

A division of an army; a battalion.

The king divided his army into three battles.

- Bacon.

The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action.

- Robertson.

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

Battle piece
a painting, or a musical composition, representing a battle.

Battle royal
a -	A fight between several gamecocks, where the one that stands longest is the victor.
b -	A contest with fists or cudgels in which more than two are engaged; a mêlée. - Grose.

Drawn battle
one in which neither party gains the victory. - Thackeray.

To give battle
to attack an enemy.

To join battle
to meet the attack; to engage in battle.

Pitched battle
one in which the armies are previously drawn up in form, with a regular disposition of the forces.

Wager of battle
See under Wager, n.

v. i.

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

[imp. & p. p. Battled (-tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battling.]

To meet in arms, and battle in the plain.

- Prior.

v. t.

To assail in battle; to fight.

Noun	1.	battle - 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" Synonyms: engagement, conflict, fight
	2.	battle - an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" Synonyms: struggle
	3.	battle - 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" Synonyms: conflict, struggle
Verb	1.	battle - 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" Synonyms: combat

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