Thesaurus / do battle
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synonyms for do battle
- assault
- attack
- battle
- bear arms
- box
- brawl
- challenge
- clash
- cross swords
- dispute
- duel
- feud
- fight
- joust
- quarrel
- scrap
- scuffle
- skirmish
- exchange blows
- mix it up
- ply weapons
- wage war
- battle
- fight
- lock horns
- bump heads
- cross swords with
- fight it out
- fight to the finish
- give no quarter
- mix it up with
- struggle with
- tangle with
- wrestle with
- confront
- meet
- engage
- collide
- face
- contend
- affront
- combat
- grapple
- struggle
- battle
- conflict
- strive
- cross swords
- clash with
- protect
- clash
- challenge
- resist
- attack
- battle
- meet
- withstand
- traverse
- wrestle
- bicker
- tiff
- scuffle
- wrangle
- contend
- tussle
- tilt
- scrap
- grapple
- spar
- strive
- war
- dispute
- brawl
- assault
- struggle
- tug
- box
- buck
- duel
- rowdy
- joust
- feud
- repel
- skirmish
- oppugn
- quarrel
- bear arms
- cross swords
- altercate
- bandy with
- brush with
- carry on war
- exchange blows
- flare up
- go to war
- mix it up
- ply weapons
- take all comers
- take the field
- take up the gauntlet
- wage war
- contend
- confront
- cope
- catch
- encounter
- scuffle
- nail
- hook
- battle
- close
- nab
- tussle
- clash
- fight
- attack
- take
- grip
- hug
- combat
- snatch
- struggle
- tackle
- hold
- clasp
- engage
- seize
- clutch
- face
- grasp
- fasten
- take on
- deal with
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- cancel
- idle
- run
- stop
- offer
- receive
- give
- support
- agree
- open
- unfasten
- make peace
- yield
- lose
- let go
- free
- disconnect
- dodge
- reject
- refuse
- unlock
- liberate
- surrender
- retreat
- avoid
- misunderstand
- release
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How to use do battle in a sentence
A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSAfter the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONHe was a distinguished warrior under Francis I, mortally wounded at the battle of Marignan.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLIt was under his auspices that the battle of Lepanto was fought, in which the Turks were so signally defeated.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLAgain, she was present at the battle of Silan, where her heroic example of courage infused new life into her brother rebels.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANThe ne'er-do-well blew, like seed before the wind, to distant places, but mankind at large stayed at home.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKThe battle was for a long time maintained by both armies with obstinate energy.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLWith this company he had rendered valiant service in the campaign which ended with the battle of Pea Ridge.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNBattle of Famars, in which the allies drove the French from their camp with great loss.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLHe commanded a regiment in the war of 1812, and was maimed for life in the battle of Chrystler's fields.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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WORDS RELATED TO DO BATTLE
- alight upon
- bearing
- bumping into
- chance upon
- closing
- coming across
- coming upon
- confronting
- crossing the path
- descrying
- detecting
- espying
- experiencing
- facing
- falling in with
- finding
- fronting
- hitting upon
- meeting
- meeting up with
- rubbing eyeballs
- running across
- running into
- running smack into
- suffering
- sustaining
- turning up
- undergoing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.