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fighting::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | active, combat-ready |
review the fighting forces.
fighting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | combat, fight, scrap |
| Type of | conflict, struggle, battle |
| Has types | cut-and-thrust, disturbance, dogfight, duel, encounter, fencing, fistfight, fisticuffs, fray, free-for-all, gang fight, gunfight, gunplay, hassle, impact, in-fighting, knife fight, rough-and-tumble, ruffle, rumble, scuffle, set-to, shock, shootout, single combat, skirmish, affaire d'honneur, snickersnee, tussle, whipping, slugfest, affray, banging, battering, beating, brawl, brush, clash, close-quarter fighting |
| Derivation | fight |
there was fighting in the streets.
Examples of fighting
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It would wipe out a $196 million punitive damage award DuPont has been fighting.
From the thenewstribune.com
Kids will get a kick out of the gnome-fu fighting and lawnmower racing and such.
From the thenewstribune.com
Oil prices have risen more than 25 percent since fighting began in mid-February.
From the bloomberg.com
Combating threats from Islamic radicalism is not the same as fighting communism.
From the denverpost.com
Fighting back tears, Mitchell Leonard accepted the district championship trophy.
From the freep.com
True, he wouldn't be fighting on national TV if his name wasn't Herschel Walker.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Individually, whiskey, water, drinking and fighting may be common enough topics.
From the sacbee.com
The Libyan army appeared to have control Monday after fighting over the weekend.
From the edition.cnn.com
Green Bay has been fighting a losing battle with its own injury list ever since.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
- Fight: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
- Active: engaged in or ready for military or naval operations; "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"
- (fight) battle: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
- (fight) contend: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
- Fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
- (fight) competitiveness: an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of fight"
- Combat, or fighting, is purposeful violent conflict meant to establish dominance over the opposition.
- Fighting!, pronounced "hwaiting", is a common expression in the Korean language that is meant to rally or cheer someone. It is used as a form of encouragement, often in sports or whenever a challenge is met, in South Korea.
- Fighting is the fifth studio album by Irish band Thin Lizzy, released in 1975. After spending four albums trying to find their niche, Thin Lizzy finally forged an identifiable sound featuring the twin guitars of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson. ...
