Combat and Face

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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Face and combat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Face" instead a verb "Combat".

Face verb - To oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage.

Usage example: movie superheroes who are ever ready to face danger without blinking an eye

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Combat and face are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Combat" instead a verb "Face".

Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless

long	long combat	long face
similar	similar combat	similar face
normal	normal combat	normal face
original	original combat	original face
Other adjectives: straight, actual, real, serious, little.

problem	combat problem	face problem
world	combat world	face world
evil	combat evil	face evil
monster	combat monster	face monster
Other words: villain, threat, opponent, enemy, times, opponents, enemies, problems, dangers.

Though the non-Director's Cut version does have unavoidable, full face-to-face boss fights; a stealth or non-combat character can have a hell of a time with those.

Source: RPGs Equal Combat
Break the Badass: Some of the mercenaries, particularly and especially Mason and Mulligan, started to go through this as they never expected to face and combat a sea monster when they were hired for the job and eventually becomes distraught over the loss of their close comrades.

Source: Film / Deep Rising
On their way into the Paths of the Dead, Vlad Taltos and Morrolan are forced to face a group of Dragonlords, one at a time, in single combat.

Source: Combat Pragmatist / Literature

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