Collocations for "battle"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "battle" in context.
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battle
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [bloody, horrible, gruesome] battle
- a [ground, psychological, playground, gun] battle
- an air battle
- in a legal battle [over, for, with]
- will be an uphill battle to [fin, finish on time, beat cancer]
- is a battle to stay [awake, focused]
- [will, could] be the final battle
- is a [losing, winning] battle
- [locked, engaged] in battle (with)
- was [wounded, killed, maimed, injured] in battle
- [run, jump, fall] into battle (with)
- get [ready, geared up] for battle
- ready to do battle with [the enemy, his past]
- ready to do battle for (her beliefs)
- won the battle but lost the war
- fought a lifelong battle against [addiction, depression]
- a lifelong battle with [depression, his weight]
- is fighting a personal battle [with, against]
- the battle of [Stalingrad]
- the battle of the sexes
- the battle for [control, power, hearts and minds]
- the battle for [his soul, the championship, 1st place]
- the battle against [cancer, terrorism]
- the battle between [England] and [America]
- (compete in) a battle of the bands
- battling for [control, domination, survival, supremacy]
- battling to [keep, save, control, stay, reduce]
- battle [cancer, HIV]
- battling over [territory, policies, market share]
- battle (against) [terrorism, tyranny, corruption]
- battled through [injury, enemy lines, the night]
- battle with your parents
- battled [hard, long, strongly, well]
- battled [all night, all day, for days]
- battle [strong winds, storms, the elements]
- [firefighters, volunteers] battled the fires
- battle your weight
- battled his way [through, to the top]
- are battling it out for the [title, chance]
- battled (out) in court
- battle [gear, helmets]
- in the battle arena
- let out a battle cry
'battle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Japanese
- arena
- arm
- armor
- band
- blood
- bravery
- cancer
- casualty
- coming
- commence
- commission
- courageous
- cry
- decisive
- defeat
- die
- enact
- fearless
- fiend
- fierce
- fight
- foe
- forth
- ground
- gun
- havoc
- heat
- hefty
- imprint
- independence
- knight
- lame
- last
- lengthy
- levy
- looming
- lose
- loss
- loyalty
- madness
- mock
- ongoing
- onward
- outset
- pearl
- picture
- plan
- plunder
- provision