Definition of "battle" []

• An encounter between opposing forces: an important battle in the Pacific campaign. (noun)
• Armed fighting; combat: wounded in battle. (noun)
• A match between two combatants: trial by battle. (noun)
• A protracted controversy or struggle: won the battle of the budget. (noun)
• An intense competition: a battle of wits. (noun)

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• "It describes the re-enactment not as the battle of Trafalgar but simply as “an early 19th-century sea battle”."
• "Grendles gūð-cræft, 127. gūð-cyning, st. m., _king in battle, king directing a battle_: nom. sg.,"
• "Grendles gûð-cräft, 127. gûð-cyning, st. m., _king in battle, king directing a battle_: nom. sg.,"