In Canadian usage, the verb combat may be spelled with a single or double t before a suffix, as in combated or combatted, and combating or combatting.
- Several provinces have announced plans to combat the West Nile virus.
- The cultivation of marijuana in poor countries can be combatted by providing farmers with other cash crops.
- Jules has been combatting the flu virus with mega-doses of vitamin C.
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