Argue
Combat
Combat verb - To oppose (someone) in physical conflict.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It occasionally got to the point that they'd momentarily stop dueling just to argue or praise their own combat prowess.
Source: Ham-to-Ham Combat -
This is usually because if the special effects budget is too small to feature the monster a lot, having characters argue is an alternate way to introduce combat and suspense.
Source: Right Hand vs. Left Hand - One could argue the staff power is an in-story way to combat Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards
Source: Purposely Overpowered
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