Combat and Defy

Combat

Combat verb - To strive to reduce or eliminate.

Usage example: must marshal all of our resources to combat this disease

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Defy and combat are semantically related. in fight topic. In some cases you can use "Defy" instead a verb "Combat".

Defy verb - To go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of.

Usage example: in those days a woman was brave if she defied fashion and wore white after Labor Day

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Combat and defy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Combat" instead a verb "Defy".

Nearby Words: defied, defying

purpose	combat purpose	defy purpose
gods	combat gods	defy gods

In The Silmarillion Fingolfin rides to the gates of Angband to defy Morgoth himself, and challenges him to single combat.

Source: I Shall Taunt You
Not only is he capable of highly effective hand to hand combat but either his training or his Munchausen-esq foolishness allows him to utterly defy the laws of physics.

Source: Bare-Fisted Monk
In Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Trowa Barton's enormous bangs manage to defy gravity despite spacesuit helmets, combat conditions, and the occasional quadruple flip with a double twist.

Source: Improbable Hairstyle