Combat
Wars
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Sliders had Colonel Rickman who killed for brain tissue to combat a brain fungus he picked up in one of his alternate universes' wars.
Source: Killing for a Tissue Sample - Variant in Art Of War, as it details more about multiple kinds of battle strategies and large-scale wars rather than mano-a-mano combat.
Source: Combat Aestheticist - The tabletop combat game Car Wars and its RPG spinoff, GURPS Autoduel, can be considered a predecessor.
Source: Vehicular Combat
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