Bout and Combat

Bout

Bout noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.

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Combat and bout are semantically related in fight topic. In some cases you can use "Combat" instead a noun "Bout", when it comes to topics like battle.

Combat

Combat noun - Active fighting during the course of a war.

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Antonyms for Combat

Bout and combat are semantically related in fight topic. Sometimes you can use "Bout" instead a noun "Combat", if it concerns topics such as battle.

Nearby Words: combative, combated, combatant, combating, combatively

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long	long bout	long combat
similar	similar bout	similar combat
normal	normal bout	normal combat
mass	mass bout	mass combat
Other adjectives: fair, single, actual, intense, serious, next, extended, prolonged, gladiatorial, non-lethal.

Both words in one sentence

Not to mention their combat skills are nowhere near the original's - after a bout of grandstanding, three of them are wiped out by T3-M4, a pintsized astromech droid.

Source: Evil Knockoff
Never My Fault: Rel suffer from a bout of this during the period where he's suffering from 'combat addiction' Never Live It Down: In-Universe, Lin's knee.

Source: Fan Fic / Spiritof Redemption
In chapter 40 during a ball Shinji and Asuka are talking to a combat medic that mentions offhandedly that she had "a bout of lycanthropy" and got shot by a silver bullet, among other things.

Source: Fanfic / A Crown of Stars

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