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Verb
/ˈbatl/,
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battles, plural;
  1. Fight or struggle tenaciously to achieve or resist something
    • - he has been battling against the illness
    • - representatives from eight countries are battling for the title
  2. Engage in a fight or struggle against
    • - firefighters battled a 9,800-acre brush fire
Noun
  1. A sustained fight between large, organized armed forces
    • - the Battle of Shiloh
    • - he died in battle
  2. A lengthy and difficult conflict or struggle
    • - the battle over the future shape of Europe
    • - the battle against aging

  1. 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"
  2. 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"
  3. struggle: an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
  4. conflict: 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"
  5. Battle were a UK indie rock band. They came to some prominence with a sound consisting largely of post-punk, spatious guitar hooks and dance-orientated beats, and have been compared to The Cure, and New Order/Joy Division. ...
  6. Battle Picture Weekly, at various time also known as Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force, was a British war comic published by IPC Magazines from (issues dates) 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with Eagle. ...
  7. Street dance (also more formally known as vernacular dance) is an umbrella term, used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in everyday spaces such as streets, parks, school yards, raves, nightclubs and more historically, in any available open spaces. ...
  8. A battle or battaile was a medieval military formation, analogous and ancestral to the modern term battalion. ...
  9. Battle or Battles are surnames that may refer to: *Allen Battle (born 1968), American baseball player *Arnaz Battle (born 1980), American football player *Ashley Battle (born 1982), American basketball player *Cliff Battles (1910-1981), American football player *Cormac Battle (born 1972), Irish ...
  10. The Battle is a 1911 war film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was set during the American Civil War. Prints of the film survive in several film archives around the world including the Museum of Modern Art, UCLA Film and Television Archive, George Eastman House and the Filmoteca Española.
  11. 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; A division of an army; a battalion; The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia; To nourish; feed; To ...
  12. (Battled) (Bat'-tled) A chief, chevron, fesse, etc., borne on one side in the form of the battlements of a castle.
  13. (Battles) Battle of Pratapgarh - Battle of Kolhapur - Battle of Pavan Khind - Battle of Surat - Battle of Sinhagad - Battle of Palkhed - Battle of Vasai - Third Battle of Panipat - Battle of Patan - Battle of Poona - Battle of Delhi - Battle of Assaye - Battle of Laswari - Battle of Farrukhabad ...
  14. (Battling) A Shadow Pokémon sent into battle will have its heart gauge lowered a bit, with battling being the only way it can enter Hyper Mode or Reverse Mode.
  15. beadu, n.; fæhðo, f; feoht; gefeoht; folcgewin; garræs guð; hild; orlege, m
  16. An event where DJs battle against each other, battles are usually associated with hip hop culture.
  17. Battle signifies striving with difficulties, but a final victory over the same. If you are defeated in battle, it denotes that bad deals made by others will mar your prospects for good.
  18. a very homely girl, a crone.
  19. This is done when two writers or two crews have some sort of disagreement. The battle can take two forms: skills battle or getting up - essentially quality vs. quantity. ...
  20. (v.)—to dance in a friendly yet somewhat competitive manner at a nightclub while house music blasts ( see also, Karma)
  21. Fr. A formation of combatants consisting of several conrois, drawn into a formation two or three men deep and fifty or sixty wide.
  22. between Adrian and tc. For some reason, these two often get into battles. I'm not sure why.
  23. The Allies were aware that the Japanese plan called for an invasion of Tulagi, and accordingly the Australians pulled out their tiny garrison on 1 May 1942, the same day that Fletcher rendezvoused with Fitch. ...
  24. A dance off between different bboys/girls or crews.
  25. Conflict between opposing forces of right and wrong and those enlisted under these banners.