early 14c., "to fight," from French batailler (12c.), from bataille (see battle (n.)). Related: Battled; battling.

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 a [..]

violent encounter during a conflict.

At rival Gyms, you can battle other teams’ Pokémon for a chance at claiming the Gym. Each rival Pokémon you defeat reduces the Gym’s Prestige and potentially lowers the Gym’s level. Reduce the Gym’s Prestige to zero to capture the Gym for your team.

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas ab [..]

a fight

  army.

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Battle signifies striving with difficulties, but a final victory over the same. If you are defeated in battle, it denotes that bad deals made by others will mar your prospects for good.   

1) A main division of the army; usually there were three or four battles in an army.    (Prestwich, Michael. Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages: The English Experience, 347) 2) A division of tr [..]

(n) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war(n) an energetic attempt to achieve something(n) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)(v) battle or contend [..]

proelium, pugna

Professor Creasy says there are fifteen decisive battles; that is, battles which have decided some political change: B.C. 490, Mar’athon; 413, Syracuse; 331, Arbe’la; 207, Metau& [..]

who considered whist the business of life and literature one of the relaxations. When a young gentleman, of a literary turn, said to her he had no objection to unbend his mind for a little time by tak [..]

Battles are competitions between clubs. GCC joins in two annual battles, one against Cheltenham Camera Club, and the other against Hereford and Worcester Camera Clubs. The latter is often called The Three Counties Battle, though none of the three clubs represents a whole county. To set up a battle, a total number of images (T) per team is agreed, a [..]

army

, bottle, sb. a small bundle of hay or straw.

A battle is combat between Pokémon. These include Trainer battles, where you face off against another Trainer who is directing his or her Pokémon's actions, and battles against wild Pokémon that [..]

from places in England that have been sites of a battle. a town in East Sussex, supposed site of the Battle of Hastings.