Past tense of combat; fought against, opposed, or resisted something or someone.
From combat + -ed (past tense marker). Combat comes from French combattre and ultimately Latin battere.
In American English, 'combated' is standard, but in British English, 'combatted' with double-t appears equally—this spelling variation persists because different dictionaries and style guides adopted different standards centuries ago.
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