ETYM Old Fren. action, Latin actio, from agere to do. Related to Act.
1. Something done (usually as opposed to something said).
2. An act by a government body or supranational organization.
3. The operating part that transmits power to a mechanism.
4. The series of events that form a plot.
5. The state of being active; SYN. activity, activeness.
6. The trait of being active and energetic and forceful.
7. The most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. bataille, bataile, French bataille battle, Old Fren., battle, battalion, from Latin battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, from batuere to strike, beat. Related to Battalia, Battel, and see Batter.
A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; SYN. conflict, fight, engagement. + prikaži više

Collection of broken pieces of rock or ice.
Slight sickness; broken pieces of rock or ice; collection of fragments

ETYM French camp, Italian campo, from Latin campus plant, field; akin to Greek kepos garden. Related to Campaign, Champ.
1. Temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers.
2. Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; SYN. encampment, cantonment, bivouac.
3. A site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months; SYN. summer camp.
4. Something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality.
5. A prison for forced laborers.
6. A group of people living together in a camp.
Behaving in an exaggerated and even self-parodying way, particularly in female impersonation and among homosexuals. The British entertainers Kenneth Williams (1926–1987) and Julian Cleary and the Australian Barry Humphries have used camp behavior to comic effect. + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. French combat.
An engagement fought between two military forces; SYN. armed combat.

1. Fight, battle, war
2. Competitive or opposing action of incompatibles; antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons); mental struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or internal demands
3. The opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fiction + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. fight, feht, AS. feoht. Related to Fight.
1. A boxing match; SYN. bout.
2. An intense verbal dispute.
3. The act of fighting; any contest or struggle; SYN. fighting, combat.

Combat, battle

ETYM Abbreviated from affray.
1. A fringe, or a run in a fabric.
2. A scuffle; small battle; skirmish.

1. An energetic attempt to achieve something; SYN. battle.
2. Strenuous effort