Engagement
Of military, war and action. May also be referred to as battle, conflict and fight.
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 about war when he got into a real engagement".
This concept's ID is @1~4963
Military
- combat
An engagement fought between two military forces.
- assault
Close fighting during the culmination of a military attack.
Also contains
- dogfight
An aerial engagement between fighter planes.
- Armageddon
Any catastrophically destructive battle; "they called the first World War an Armaged...
- pitched battle
A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions...
- naval battle
A pitched battle between naval fleets.