Combat
Both words in one sentence
- Combat: When fielding: The bowler (and sometimes some of the fielders depending on positions) whose job is to dismiss the opposing batsmen.
Source: Combat and Support -
Later, in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Reepicheep the mouse wants to challenge a dragon opposing to crew to single combat.
Source: Combat by Champion -
Then oddly subverted at the end, when the real champion challenges EVERYONE in the opposing armies to single combat to decide the war.
Source: Combat by Champion
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Opposing and Combat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/combat/opposing
Combat & Opposing. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/combat/opposing>.
Opposing or Combat. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/combat/opposing.
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