battle

/ˈbætəl/ · noun

Meaning

A contest, a struggle.
A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
A division of an army; a battalion.
The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
To join in battle; to contend in fight
To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
To nourish; feed.
To render (for example soil) fertile or fruitful
Improving; nutritious; fattening.
Fertile; fruitful.

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