The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - battlen.

1) fight, conflict, combat, action, encounter, clash, engagement, struggle, Donnybrook, fray, Law affray; brawl, fracas, m€l‚e or melee; contest; duel, hand-to-hand encounter: You won the battle, but you lost the war. And now, the battle between the world champion and the challenger! 2 argument, dispute, altercation, quarrel, war; contest, competition; struggle, fight, crusade, campaign: The battle spilt out of the restaurant and into the street. We are not yet winning the battle against AIDS. --v. 3) Usually, battle against. fight, contend or struggle or fight with or strive against, combat: We must battle against ignorance at every opportunity.