What is the meaning of battle?

noun

• A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.
  • usage: "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
  • synonyms: conflict, fight, engagement
• An energetic attempt to achieve something.
  • usage: "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
  • synonyms: struggle
• An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals. )
  • usage: "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph-Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
  • synonyms: conflict, struggle

verb

• Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle.
  • usage: "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
  • synonyms: combat