Battle

Fertile. See Battel, a.

A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.

A division of an army; a battalion.

The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.

To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

To assail in battle; to fight.

an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph" - Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chattanooga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"