Definition of "combatting" [combatting]

• Simple past tense and past participle of combat. Alternative spelling of combating. (verb)

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• "Plaid's commitment to pursuing a different criminal justice strategy, rejecting ASBOs as an ineffective tool in combatting crime."
• "In comments on Friday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that progress in combatting the global recession was being put in jeopardy by China's resistance to a faster appreciation of the yuan."
• ""The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia realizes it has its own vested interest in combatting terrorism in Yemen and specifically keeping it in Yemen so that it does not trickle across the northern border to Saudi Arabia," Steinbeiser said."