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Antonyms for battled


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bat-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæt l



Definition of battled

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French bataille "battle, single combat," also "inner turmoil, harsh circumstances; army, body of soldiers," from Late Latin battualia "exercise of soldiers and gladiators in fighting and fencing," from Latin battuere "to beat, to strike" (see batter (v.)). Phrase battle royal "fight involving several combatants" is from 1670s.
  • verb fight, struggle
Example sentences :
  • Moni again sat under the rock and battled with his thoughts.
  • Extract from : « Moni the Goat-Boy » by Johanna Spyri
  • For fourteen years I battled with the earth for my daily bread.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
  • He had battled hard for his beloved town, he had worked night and day.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It battled for existence now amid my fears; and it gained some little ascendancy.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • She, on her part, seemed to divine his purpose, and battled successfully to prevent him.
  • Extract from : « The Fiery Totem » by Argyll Saxby
  • All this she battled with while the good-nights to Lancelot were saying upstairs.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • But you, though you would have battled and have conquered, would still have suffered.
  • Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
  • He rose and battled with his inclination to fly screaming from the room.
  • Extract from : « Novel Notes » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • All (p. 249) these years Alexander had battled with nihilism and revolution.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
  • All her winters, she'd battled with the cold and winds of the Storm Country.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White

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