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bagarre
, pugilat
, combat
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Fight
- (v. i.) A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.
- (v. t.) To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight ones ship.
- (v. t.) To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as ones way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.
- (v. i.) To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
- (v. i.) To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against.
- (v. t.) To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.
- (v. i.) A struggle or contest of any kind.
- (v. i.) Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.
- (v. i.) A screen for the combatants in ships.
Synonyms:
Agitate, Battle, Bout, Campaign, Combat, Conflict, Crusade, Defend, Engagement, Fighting, Oppose, Press, Push, Struggle,
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• Fightingly
- (adv.) Pugnaciously.
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• Fighter
- (n.) One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.
Synonyms:
Battler, Belligerent, Champion, Combatant, Hero, Paladin,
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annul, inimitable, bravery, bondage, claptrap, fusibility, clarion, fusilier, animated, evacuation, vacuous, spoof, de facto, aggravation, hollow, evacuate, constant, defecation, dazed, defecate, daystar, defeat, defeasance, disarmament, hipbone, preach, astir, scoop, defloration, hefty, chief, heels, |
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Nightingale, You, Love, Wait, Rim, Rime, I, Awesome, Waste, Go, Hello, Which, Forsake, Abbe, Abbreviation, Ravage, Humiliate, Abash, Chagrin, Degradation, Name, Abate, Abbreviate, Desert, Abbey, Abandon, Hang, Discomfit, Dangle, Abattoir, Opposite, Abandonment, |
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