combat
verb (used with object)
to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously.
combatable
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a word derived from
combat.
Example Sentences
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When the change is so drastic that the old formats are not retained in the new version, it is said to be `backward combatable'.
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond
On the other hand, it is generally believed to be an imitation—as regards the general disposition—of St. Saturnin in Toulouse: a combatable theory, however, as the churches were contemporaneous.
From The Cathedrals of Northern Spain by Charles Rudy
