The phrase 'combative of' is not correct or usable in written English.
You would need to use the phrase 'combative with' instead. For example: The public discourse has become increasingly combative with opposing sides unwilling to compromise.
It was the least combative of the debates so far, with questions limited to the economy.
But the YPG is regarded by the West as the most combative of the groups fighting Isis.
With reform now firmly on the agenda, they have chosen the most combative of leaders to press the traditionalist government into faster change.
'A Very Steep Road' Even the most conspicuously combative of the independent candidates seem to be growing tired of banging their heads against a wall.
The debate, in front of a demonstrative crowd at Dominican University in San Rafael, just north of San Francisco, was the most combative of three meetings between the two candidates.
When Newcastle visited Molineux early last season the Wolves defensive midfielder appeared to put extra bite into a series of tackles on the most combative of his opponents, leading to speculation a grudge may be about to resurface.
The combative nature of much of the play's action surely helps fuel the performances.
What is clear is that this is only the beginning of a combative period of differentiation between the governing parties that will make the next two years very difficult indeed.
Piquantly, one of the first – Lucy Hutchinson's lively and combative Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson in 1670 – defends a republican radical against his conservative foes.
Some of the most combative moments of the hearing came as Republicans accused Mr. Brennan of disclosing classified information to the press.
This "combative account of a misunderstood way of life … risks offending many of its likely readers", says paintedjaguar.
