Definitions for battles

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battles bat·tle

Spelling: [bat-l]

IPA: /ˈbæt l/

Battles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 224 anagrams from letters in battles (abelstt).

Definitions for battles

noun

1. a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
2. participation in such hostile encounters or engagements:
3. a fight between two persons or animals:
4. any conflict or struggle:
5. Archaic. a battalion.

Idioms

1. give / do battle, to enter into conflict; fight:

verb (used with object)

1. to fight (a person, army, cause, etc.):
2. to force or accomplish by fighting, struggling, etc.:
3. to furnish (a building or wall) with battlements; crenelate.

verb (used without object)

1. to engage in battle:
2. to work very hard or struggle; strive:

Origin of battles

1250-1300; Middle English bataile Old French Vulgar Latin *battālia for Late Latin battuālia (neuter plural) gladiatorial exercises, equivalent to battu(ere) to strike (see Examples for battles

My heart leaped into my throat, as it were, and I made ready for battle.

It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.

The battle was disastrous for the Egyptians and the valley of the Nile was open to the invaders.

First, as opposition to gay marriage collapses, American anti-LGBT activists will slow their battle against it.

The first sign of unwariness would begin and end the battle.

The Assyrians marched against the Egyptians and defeated them in battle.

No stones or other missiles were used; the battle was fist to fist.

The U.S. military just unveiled a new effort to get Iraqis ready to battle ISIS.

It has long been a battle cry in conservative circles that Christmas is under siege.

The opening of the battle narrative begins on—get this—page 266!