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борьба — meaning in English

borba

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English meaning

  • battle noun A fight between opposing armed forces, especially as part of a larger war.
  • combat noun Fighting between armed opponents, especially as part of a war.
  • fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  • fighting noun The act of engaging in combat or conflict.
  • fray verb To wear away at the edges through rubbing, so that threads separate.
  • struggle verb To make a strong, difficult effort to do, achieve, or overcome something.
  • war noun Large-scale armed conflict between countries, groups, or factions.
  • wrestling noun A sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points.

Senses

борьба is used for these senses in English:

  • battle (military, obsolete) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
  • combat A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
  • fight A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
  • fighting The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
  • fray (countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel.
  • struggle (figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.
  • war (chiefly, _, US) A sustained campaign against a social problem, idea, set of values, etc.
  • wrestling sport

battle — full definition

  1. noun A fight between opposing armed forces, especially as part of a larger war.
  2. noun A prolonged, difficult struggle or contest of any kind.
  3. verb To fight or struggle against someone or something.

combat — full definition

  1. noun Fighting between armed opponents, especially as part of a war.
  2. verb To actively fight against or work to reduce something harmful.

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