combatir
combat ; fight ; fight off ; counter ; battle.
The faithful adherents of the ideology of the finding catalog were determined to combat the unwelcome intrusion of Panizzi's scheme before the Royal Commission.
This article deals with the cultural elitism implicit in a willingness to fight censorship of books but not videos.
These pillboxes were originally built to help fight off a Nazi invasion.
The president countered with the view that most people fall somewhere between Type A and Type B anyway, and that effective time management and Type B behavior are not mutually exclusive.
Instead we find ourselves battling to maintain the status quo and not end up with a worse mess than AACR1 and superimposition.
combatir cuerpo a cuerpo
combat + hand to hand
On the spur of the moment, they organized a peasant force, capable of combatting hand to hand with veteran troops.
combatir el absentismo
combat + absenteeism
Personnel policies instituted to combat absenteeism have generally proved a failure, because those measures attack the symptoms, not the cause.
combatir el ausentismo
combat + absenteeism
Personnel policies instituted to combat absenteeism have generally proved a failure, because those measures attack the symptoms, not the cause.
combatir el estrés
cope with + stress
combat + stress
The article 'All in a day's work' examines reference librarianship in the academic environment, discusses how it has changed, and offers suggestions on coping with the stress those changes have caused.
Although you may not think of exercise as stress relieving, a healthy body is a formidable weapon to combat stress.
combatir el fraude
combat + fraud
The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.
combatir la inflación
combat + inflation
Over the past 6 years 37% of industrial libraries have suffered cuts in operating budgets and that a further 36% have only had increases sufficient to combat inflation.
combatir mano a mano
combat + hand to hand
On the spur of the moment, they organized a peasant force, capable of combatting hand to hand with veteran troops.
combatir (por)
war (over)
This paper chronicles the growing frequency of child abduction by divorced parents who are warring over child custody.
combatirse en una justa
joust
He has never ridden before but wants to learn to ride so he can eventually learn to joust.
combatir una infección
fight + an infection
The discovery of bitter taste receptors' role in fighting infections paves the way for new treatments for sinusitis.
combatir un problema
combat + problem
The majority of students condemn the theft or mutilation of library stock and welcome security measures to combat this problem.
excepción de combatir
combat exclusion
The author reviews the history and meaning of the combat exclusion policy for United States servicewomen.