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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
combat . - verb Alternative spelling of
combated .
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Examples
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Original had "combatted"; corrected to "combated" (as in 2nd edition and elsewhere in the text).
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 John Franklin 1816
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Corps officials would come to lean on this talking point as they combatted criticism that more water should have been moved downriver sooner.
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Since it is implausibe that readers would need to disbelieve their supension of disbelief -- we all know going in that our suspension of disbelief is artificial -- it must be the second kind of "information" that needs to be combatted.
Saying Something 2010
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Debenhams, a British department store that has consistently combatted various techniques employed by the media, banned airbrushing in its 2010 swim and lingerie campaigns.
Marissa Lepor: Natural Beauty: A Lost Art? Marissa Lepor 2011
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Since it is implausibe that readers would need to disbelieve their supension of disbelief -- we all know going in that our suspension of disbelief is artificial -- it must be the second kind of "information" that needs to be combatted.
Self-Protection 2009
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Corps officials would come to lean on this talking point as they combatted criticism that more water should have been moved downriver sooner.
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He thinks global warming is real and should be combatted with a cap-and-trade policy, for example, though he succeeded in making up some rationalization for opposing Waxman-Markey.
Matthew Yglesias » Coleman & Holtz-Eakin on the Need for the American Action Network 2010
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After all, the record companies, from the outset, could have combatted illegal downloading with this idea: Hey!
Free and legal MP3s 2009
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Bank lobbyists who have combatted previous attempts to expand federal limits say credit unions don't have enough resources or experience to lend to businesses responsibly.
Credit Unions Push For Small-Business Lending Kyle Stock 2011
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Since it is implausibe that readers would need to disbelieve their supension of disbelief -- we all know going in that our suspension of disbelief is artificial -- it must be the second kind of "information" that needs to be combatted.
November 2009 2009
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