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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | combat |
| Synonyms: | bout, contest, duel, tilt, tournament, tourney |
| Main Entry: | duel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | affair of honor, bout, challenge, engagement, fencing, joust, shootout, single combat, sword fight |
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical encounter |
| Synonyms: | action, affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal, bout, brawl, broil, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, controversy, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dogfight, duel, engagement, exchange, feud, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, fuss, hostility, joust, match, melee, quarrel, riot, rivalry, round, row, ruckus, rumble, scrap*, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, skirmish, sparring match, strife, struggle, tiff, to-do, tussle, war, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | engage in physical encounter |
| Synonyms: | altercate, assault, attack, bandy with, battle, bear arms, bicker, box, brawl, brush with, buck, carry on war, challenge, clash, contend, cross swords, dispute, do battle, duel, exchange blows, feud, flare up, go to war, grapple, joust, meet, mix it up, oppugn, ply weapons, protect, quarrel, repel, resist, rowdy, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, take all comers, take the field, take up the gauntlet, tiff, tilt, traverse, tug, tussle, wage war, war, withstand, wrangle, wrestle |
| Antonyms: | agree, make peace, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | fighting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle, encounter |
| Synonyms: | argument, battle royal, beef, bloodshed, blowup, bout, brannigan, brawling, brush, combat, conflict, contention, dispute, donnybrook, exchange, flap, fracas, free-for-all, go, hassle, hell broke loose, hostility, joust, match, melee, mix, punch out, riot, roughhouse, row, rowdy, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scramble, scrap*, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, spat, strife, struggle, tiff, war, warfare, words, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | ceasefire, peace, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tilt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | attack, bout, clash, collision, combat, conflict, contest, duel, encounter, fracas, joust, meet, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, skirmish, struggle, tournament, tourney, tussle |
| Antonyms: | agreement, surrender |
| Main Entry: | tilt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, fight |
| Synonyms: | break, charge, clash, combat, contend, cross swords, duel, encounter, joust, overthrow, spar, thrust |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | tournament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sporting competition |
| Synonyms: | clash, contest, duel, event, fight, games, joust, match, meet, meeting, series, sport, test, tilt, tourney |
| Main Entry: | come to blows |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to physically fight |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, battle, bear arms, box, brawl, challenge, clash, cross swords, dispute, do battle, duel, exchange blows, feud, fight, joust, mix it up, ply weapons, quarrel, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, wage war |
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