All fighting synonyms
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F f adj fighting
- aggressive — An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- belligerent — A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive.
- boxing — Boxing is a sport in which two people wearing large padded gloves fight according to special rules.
- militant — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- martial — inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.
- determined — If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- fencing — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- warmongering — the practices and principles of a warmonger.
- jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- sparring — a motion of sparring.
- brawling — a noisy quarrel, squabble, or fight.
- wrestling — an act of or a bout at wrestling.
noun fighting
- warfare — the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
- riot — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- hostility — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
- scuffle — to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
- strife — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- melee — a group of diamonds, each weighing less than 0.25 carat.
- struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
- combat — Combat is fighting that takes place in a war.
- dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
- war — a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- conflict — Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
- bloodshed — Bloodshed is violence in which people are killed or wounded.
- fracas — a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.
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- argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
- wrangle — to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- scrimmage — a rough or vigorous struggle.
- hassle — a disorderly dispute.
- brush — A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
- go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- free-for-all — a fight, argument, contest, etc., open to everyone and usually without rules.
- row — record
- beef — Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
- scrap — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- mix — to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- bout — If you have a bout of an illness or of an unpleasant feeling, you have it for a short period.
- spat — a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire.
- contention — Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
- rumble — to make a deep, heavy, somewhat muffled, continuous sound, as thunder.
- joust — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- flap — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- run-in — a quarrel; argument.
- rowdy — a rough, disorderly person.
- blowup — an explosion
- match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.