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fight
noun as in physical encounter
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in courage, will to resist
verb as in engage in physical encounter
Strong matches
verb as in oppose action, belief
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The president relied on the military, rather than the police, to fight organized crime groups, which are among Mexico’s largest employers.
The letter has been prompted by growing concerns about some of the countries chosen to host COP talks and their ability to deliver a significant advance in the fight against rising temperatures.
One could read and watch a lifetime of reporting on this subject and still not have a firm handle on its nuances, contradictions, factions, facts and figures of the fight for, and against, Irish independence and reunification — a story going back centuries.
The fight to find her remains provides the series’ most moving moments, but it’s Dolours who is its dramatic key.
“Say Nothing” begins in a state of knotted tension: an introductory voiceover by Lola Petticrew’s resolute Dolours Price lets us know we’re walking in on a fight between the British and the Irish, “the same old s**te,” that’s spanned 800 years.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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