combated
Saykuhm-BAT-id/kəmˈbætɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of combat.
Local crews combated the spreading wildfire through the night.
The epidemic was quickly combated once the supplies arrived.
Note
One form does double duty: the plain past and the participle after have or be, passive included. It also follows causative have. Letitia Elizabeth Landon's Romance and Reality (1831) speaks of voicing gentle fears "for the very sake of having them combated," that is, wanting someone to argue them away. It can take a direct object (combated the fire) or none, with with or against naming the opponent.
combated is a form of combat
combat, verb: To fight against an enemy or opponent, or to take action to reduce or stop something harmful. Full entry
- Spelling
- combat → combated: add -ed
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