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Definition of battle : 1. A division of an army; a battalion.
2. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
3. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.
4. Fertile. See Battel, a.
5. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.
6. To assail in battle; to fight.
7. To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

Synonyms:

mesh, tug of war, booking, troth, affair, date, dispute, engage in a battle, wrestle, havoc, passage of arms, blitz, clash, bombing, blitzkrieg, fighting, difference of opinion, participation, appointment, competition, corrivalry, race, duel, difference, fray, interlocking, bout, action, tilt, contention, scrap, confrontation, striving, rivalry, onset, carnage, strife, competitiveness, affray, retreat, press, involution, employment, betrothal, encounter, ravage, contend, involvement, meshing, skirmish, brush

bloodshed, invasion, fury, onslaught, frenzy, storm, fight, outbreak, offense, siege, thrust, combat, war, spasm, aggression, riot, bombardment, warfare, sortie, charge, barrage, assault, strike, tirade, raid, violence, foray, attack, furor

crusade, conflict, hostility, engagement, offensive, jihad, tussle, scramble, contest, drive, scuffle, warpath, campaign, guerre, struggle

engage

Usage examples:

• Say you will not die; that is half the battle. - "How I Found Livingstone", Sir Henry M. Stanley.
• But she was not going to give up the battle, even now. - "The Eustace Diamonds", Anthony Trollope.
• Come, son, let us take it together as we go to our duty in battle! - "The Valley of Vision", Henry Van Dyke.