Word Finder - fights

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To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.

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A wounded animal will fight like a maniac, relentless, savage and murderous.

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To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.

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The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.

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To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.

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He fought for the Democrats in the last election.

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To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).

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The battle was fought just over that hill.

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To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.

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My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.

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To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.

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The government pledged to fight corruption.

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To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.

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to fight cocks; to fight one's ship

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Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.

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An occasion of fighting.

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One of them got stuck in a chokehold and got stabbed to death during the fight.

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A battle between opposing armies.

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A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.

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Watch your language, are you looking for a fight?

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A boxing or martial arts match.

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I'm going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.

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A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.

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I'll put up a fight to save this company.

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The will or ability to fight.

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That little guy has a bit of fight in him after all.   As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him.

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A screen for the combatants in ships.

He trains the warriors and fights the wars.

They would have disagreements - even fights, but they would forgive each other.

He fights with the weapons of physical doctrine and on the basis of the material earth.

History has agreed to adopt this date as the beginning of the British empire in the East; but the immediate results of the victory were comparatively small, and several more hard-won fights were fought before even the Bengalis would admit the superiority of the British arms. For the moment, however, all opposition was at an end.

When the lad, who had already taken part in fights with the Matabele and the Zulus, was fourteen his family settled north of the Vaal and were among the founders of the Transvaal state.

Fights between these huge serpents and the crocodiles which infest all the rivers are said to be not uncommon.

In the decade following 1880, struggles in the western counties for the location of county seats (the bitterest local political fights known in western states) repeatedly led to bloodshed and the interference of state militia.

The companies have were several pipe bombs when thursday's press etienne fights in.

Saussier had to engage in numerous fights.

So long as he could indulge freely in his favourite pastimes – shipbuilding, ship-sailing, drilling and sham fights – he was quite content that others should rule in his name.

Space forbids a record of the faction fights in the reign of James II.

Destined originally for the Church, he had preferred to become a knight, and in forty years of tournaments and fights he had won himself a considerable reputation, when in 1208 envoys came from the Holy Land to ask Philip Augustus, king of France, to select one of his barons as husband to the heiress, and ruler of the kingdom, of Jerusalem.

When Congress, after the fights at Lexington and Concord, resolved that the colonies ought to be put in a position of defence, the first practical step was the unanimous selection (June I 5), on motion of John Adams of Massachusetts, of Washington as commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the United Colonies.

Although this was one of the bloodiest fights that ever took place between the O'Neills and the O'Donnells, it did not bring the war to an end; and in 1531 O'Donnell applied to the English government for protection, giving assurances of allegiance to Henry VIII.

In his later military career he was the first general who showed on a large scale how the national English weapon, the bow, could win fights when properly combined with the charge of the mailed cavalry.

Berwick and Carlisle were repeatedly assailed, and battles took place at Halidon Hill (1333), Otterburn (1388), Nisbet (1402), Homildon (1402), Piperden (1435), Hedgeley Moor (1464),(1464), Flodden (1513), Solway Moss (1542), and Ancrum Moor (1544), in addition to many fights arising out of family feuds and raids fomented by the Armstrongs, Eliots, Grahams, Johnstones, Maxwells and other families, of which the most serious were the encounters at Arkenholme (Langholm) in 1455, the Raid of Reidswire (1575), and the bloody combat at Dryfe Sands (1593).

Ismail had two sharp encounters, one near Korti, the other higher up the river, and in both fights Ismail was successful.

Like the history of the founder of the Achaemenian empire, that of Ardashir has from the beginning been overgrown with legends; like Cyrus he is the son of a shepherd, his future greatness is predicted by dreams and visions, and by the calculations of astronomers he becomes a servant at the court of King Artabanus and then flies to Persia and begins the rebellion; he fights with the great dragon, the enemy of god, &c. A Pahlavi text, which contains this legend, has been translated by Noldeke (Geschichte des Artachshir i Papakan, 1879).

Barnes, Chron., p. 104), it is surely difficult, on historical grounds, to reconcile David's recurring fights with the Philistines with his subsequent escape from Saul to Achish of Gath (xxvii.; already anticipated in xxi.

He fights almost as good as you and has a low tolerance for bullshit.

We're managed by a council that very poorly oversees Immortal activities in the mortal world and fights demons to keep the underworld dwellers from destroying the human world.

There were no signs of famine or diseases that oft struck Landis, no fights in the streets for a higher position in the warlord-king's court or among his chosen men, no brawls over who would mate with a woman of age.

However, Sam is an extremely talented amateur boxer who has already amassed nearly 50 amateur fights.

The act of killing the man who fights alongside you is so atrocious as to merit special attention.

Ashour fights Galifi for a semi-final berth tomorrow, and whoever wins will add a milestone to their career.

Additionally, you can play solo, in groups, join a guild or indulge in player versus player fights or raids.

In the Middle Ages, parliamentary debates grew so heated, quarrels often escalated into bloody fights between Lords.

Amputees have star roles in war games, like densely plotted, big-budget movie Army fights insurgents in fictitious town.

Choose sitting on that chair, watching mind-boggling, bone-crunching fights, stuffing ****ing humble pie into your opponents mouth.

Since the very start of his career, I have n't mollycoddled him or given him easy fights to pad out his record.

So long as he could indulge freely in his favourite pastimes - shipbuilding, ship-sailing, drilling and sham fights - he was quite content that others should rule in his name.

He declared that "a soldier who fights in the ranks does not require half so much courage as a footpad"--"that honor and religion have never stood in the way of a well-considered and a firm resolve."

The ' extras ' include Jimmy Savile reclining on a bed in a tracksuit describing how he lost his first 35 fights.

I hate life and enjoy nothing better than picking fights with the biggest bouncer after too many pints.

They also excel in the fight sequences, especially in the brilliantly choreographed sword fights.

There are silly pranks - Mars bars being passed along the lines in church, exploding packages, fights.

Fights broke out and were only quelled by the arrival of more police.

The boy is roundly spanked by his mother while Charlie fights off the knife-wielding husband.

Caractacus escapes into the Welsh borders and fights the Romans using guerilla tactics.

However, at the same time Leesil starts to notice strange changes in Magiere as she fights the real undead.

All we know for certain is that1 at this epoch, Rome attempts to ruin Tivoli, and Venice Pisa; Milan fights with Cremona, Cremona with Crema, Pavia with Verona, Verona with Padua, Piacenza with Parma, Modena and Reggio with Bologna, Bologna and Faenza with Ravenna and Imola, Florence and Pisa with Lucca and Siena, and so on through the whole list of cities.

Then two adult T rex enter the valley, leading to some almost exciting fights.

Who fights the senseless destruction of our Mother Nature?

It 's usually covered in snow, and suitable for snowball fights and snowman building !

Your vision helps me through the stormy nights sitting, hoping we get through the fights.

He fights, he sweats, he swills ale, he bullies.

It seems that such fights were particularly shocking to middle-class readers, as well as possibly being sexually titillating.

Once baby begins to stay awake for longer periods, however, you may discover that his love affair with sleeping has ended as he fights to stay awake as long as possible.

On the other end of the spectrum are those people who actually look for free kittens to feed to snakes, use as bait for dog fights or sell for a profit to laboratories.

Although she fights back, he just won't leave her alone.