kamppailla — meaning in English
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English meaning
- combat noun Fighting between armed opponents, especially as part of a war.
- contend verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
- strive verb To make a great and sustained effort to achieve something.
- struggle verb To make a strong, difficult effort to do, achieve, or overcome something.
- wrestle verb To grapple with an opponent, trying to throw or pin them down, often as a sport.
Senses
kamppailla is used for these senses in English:
- combat (intransitive) To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).
- contend (intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
- strive To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
- struggle To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
- wrestle Sometimes followed by down: to contend with or move (someone) into or out of a position by grappling; also, to overcome (someone) by grappling.
- wrestle To grapple or otherwise contend with an opponent in order to throw or force them to the ground, chiefly as a sport or in unarmed combat.
combat — full definition
- noun Fighting between armed opponents, especially as part of a war.
- verb To actively fight against or work to reduce something harmful.
contend — full definition
- verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
- verb To argue firmly that something is true.