combatting

/K AH0 M B AE1 T IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To fight; to struggle against.

    โ€œIt has proven very difficult to combat drug addiction.โ€

  2. 2

    To fight (with); to struggle for victory (against).

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/combat, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/combatting