Fight

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in a boxing match.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in a quarrel; argue.
  • intransitive verb. To strive vigorously and resolutely, as in trying to overcome something; contend: synonym: oppose.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To contend with or oppose with violence or in battle.
  • intransitive verb. To wage or carry on (a battle).
  • intransitive verb. To contend for, as by combat.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To box against (an opponent).
  • intransitive verb. To participate in (a boxing match or other similar contest).
  • intransitive verb. To cause (a boxer or other contestant) to fight in a match.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To contend with or struggle against.
  • intransitive verb. To try to prevent the development or success of.
  • intransitive verb. To try to extinguish (an uncontrolled fire).
  • intransitive verb. To make (one's way) by struggle or striving.
  • noun. A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A physical conflict between two or more individuals.
  • noun. A boxing match.
  • noun. A quarrel or conflict.
  • noun. A struggle to achieve an objective.
  • noun. The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity.
  • phrasal verb. To defend against or drive back (a hostile force, for example).
  • phrasal verb. To hit (a pitch) into foul territory, especially in an effort to avoid being struck out.
  • idiom. (fight fire with fire) To combat one evil or one set of negative circumstances by reacting in kind.
  • idiom. (fight shy of) To avoid meeting or confronting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A battle; an attempt to overcome or defeat by physical means; a contest with natural or other weapons.
  • noun. Any contest or struggle.
  • noun. A bulkhead or other screen designed for the protection of the men during a battle; a bulwark. See close-fights.
  • noun. Power or inclination for fighting.
  • noun. Synonyms Conflict, Combat, etc. (see battle); fray, affray, encounter, affair, brush.
  • To engage in battle or in single combat; contend in arms; attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an adversary by physical means.
  • To contend in any way; struggle for the gaining of an end; strive vigorously: as, to fight against disease; to fight in a political campaign.
  • To contend with in battle; war against: as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles.
  • To contend against in any manner.
  • To carry on or wage, as a battle or other contest.
  • To win or gain by battle or contest of any kind; sustain by fighting.
  • To cause to fight; manage or manœuver in a fight: as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.
  • transitive verb. To contend with in battle; to war against
  • transitive verb. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight
  • transitive verb. to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A struggle or contest of any kind.
  • noun. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity.
  • noun. A screen for the combatants in ships.
  • noun. a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result.
  • Word Usage
    "Some say it’s because the White House message machine drones on 24/7 that the best way to fight the war on terror is to be in Iraq, “fight them there, rather than here."
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    assail  attack  bandy  battle  bear down  
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