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fighting
has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
Examples "a fight broke out at the hockey game" "there was fighting in the streets" "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Trig and a very black colored boy from Detroit had killed or put out_of action ten guerrillas by grenades and hand-to-hand fighting . |
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[ adjective ] (military) engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
Synonyms Examples "on active duty" "the platoon is combat-ready" "review the fighting forces" Used in print (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)A man can be an effective fighting machine throughout the incubation_period of most infectious_diseases . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] engaged in war
Synonyms Examples "belligerent (or warring) nations" "a fighting war" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)The Rebs were , to a Massachusetts corporal , `` fighting madmen or not men at_all but whiskey + gunpowder put into a human frame '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] disposed to loud disagreements and fighting
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