| combat | (noun) an engagement fought between two military forces | Synonyms: armed combat |
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| (noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle | Synonyms: fight, fighting, scrap |
| combatant | (noun) someone who fights (or is fighting) | Synonyms: battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper |
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| combativeness | (noun) a militant aggressiveness | Synonyms: militance, militancy |
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| noncombatant | (noun) a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon) | - |
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| numbat | (noun) small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct | Synonyms: anteater, banded anteater, Myrmecobius fasciatus |
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| wombat | (noun) burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger | - |
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