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close combat

close combat noun: violent physical confrontation between two or more opponents at short range.

Noun

close combat (uncountable)

  1. violent physical confrontation between two or more opponents at short range

Questions about close combat

What does close combat mean?
Close combat means violent physical confrontation between two or more opponents at short range.
What part of speech is close combat?
Close combat is a noun.

Words near close combat in the dictionary

  1. close call
  2. close calls
  3. close captioning
  4. close chair
  5. close chairs
  6. close combat
  7. close communion
  8. close down
  9. close encounter
  10. close encounters
  11. close enough

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