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Combat People Authority Stop Happening Congress Criticised Government

query
If people in authority c_____ something, they try to stop it happening .If people in authority combat something, they try to stop it happening .
Congress has criticised new government measures to combat crime.
word combat
full-definition
noun
Combat is fighting that takes place in a war .
Over 16 million men had died in combat.
Yesterday saw hand-to-hand combat in the city.
...combat aircraft.
A combat is a battle, or a fight between two people.
It was the end of a long combat.
verb
If people in authority combat something, they try to stop it happening .
Congress has criticised new government measures to combat crime.
inflections combatscombatingcombattingcombatedcombatted
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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