verb
- present participle of combat; actively fighting against or trying to stop something harmful
Usage: present participle form
Examples
- The government is combatting crime with new policies.
- Scientists are combatting climate change through research.
- The medicine is effective in combatting infection.
- She spent years combatting discrimination in the workplace.
- The organization is combatting poverty in rural areas.
- Doctors are combatting the spread of the disease.