fighting in English

noun

1

the action of fighting; violence or conflict.

terrible fighting broke out in the streets

synonyms: violence, hostilities, conflict, action, combat, warfare, war, battles, skirmishing, rioting

adjective

1

displaying or engaging in violence, combat, or aggression.

he was a fighting man

verb

1

take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.

the men were fighting

synonyms: violent, combative, aggressive, pugnacious, truculent, belligerent, bellicose, scrappy, brawl, exchange blows, attack each other, assault each other, hit each other, punch each other, struggle, grapple, wrestle, scrap, have a set-to, roughhouse, engage in fisticuffs

noun

violence, hostilities, conflict, action, combat, warfare, war, battles, skirmishing, rioting
fight, scrap, combat

adjective

violent, active
violent, combative, aggressive, pugnacious, truculent, belligerent, bellicose, scrappy
active, combat-ready

verb

brawl, (do) battle, engage in, quarrel, campaign, oppose, repress, push, contend, struggle, fight back
brawl, exchange blows, attack each other, assault each other, hit each other, punch each other, struggle, grapple, wrestle, scrap, have a set-to, roughhouse, engage in fisticuffs
(do) battle, go to war, take up arms, be a soldier, engage, meet, clash, skirmish
engage in, wage, conduct, prosecute, undertake
quarrel, argue, bicker, squabble, fall out, have a fight, have a row, wrangle, be at odds, disagree, differ, have words, bandy words, be at each other's throats, be at loggerheads, scrap
campaign, strive, battle, struggle, contend, crusade, agitate, lobby, push, press
oppose, contest, contend with, confront, challenge, combat, dispute, quarrel with, argue against/with, strive against, struggle against
repress, restrain, suppress, stifle, smother, hold back, fight back, keep in check, curb, control, rein in, choke back, keep the lid on
push, campaign, press, agitate, crusade
contend, struggle
struggle
fight back, defend, oppose, fight down

Use "fighting" in a sentence

1. [ Fighting Continues ]

2. Fighting Indifference

3. Fighting Leukemia

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5. Fighting the enemy.

6. My fighting force?

7. Fighting Bloodlusted Ogres Fighting Orc players can be difficult because of Bloodlust

8. 🔊 In my dysfunctional family, fighting never failed to Beget more fighting

9. Fighting broke out, forcing the troops to conduct a fighting withdrawal to Boston.

10. Geum JanDi Laundry, fighting!

11. No fighting, no nothing.

12. FIGHTING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

13. Everybody fighting for territory.

14. Species Fighting for Survival

15. Weren't they fighting together?

16. You know, half the time we're fighting, I don't know what we're fighting about.

17. Khương Vũ had directed the videos for "Tada Xmas" (2014) and "Fighting Fighting" (2016).

18. “Biblicist” is a fighting word

19. So now we're fighting demons.

20. Our fighting spirit soars aloft.

21. The Backbite Russian Fighting Knife

22. How is that " fighting dirty "?

23. There was some fierce fighting.

24. Marine Corps Cadences Fighting Man

25. Jacksonville Fighting and Affray Lawyer

26. I'm fighting to stay calm.

27. We're fighting the entire city.

28. I hate fighting with chicks.

29. All terrain fire-fighting vehicle

30. Ever do much Indian fighting?

31. The profanity and fighting continued.

32. Fighting spreads to central Mesopotamia.

33. Why not go down fighting?

34. That's what we're fighting for!

35. People fighting over goods, medicine.

36. Give her a fighting chance.

37. Anger stung him into fighting.

38. After fighting him in the earlier arcs of the series, the GetBackers avoid fighting from then on.

39. Two Babirusas fighting with their tusks

40. Back at fighting weight, looks like.

41. fighting their way into the trap.

42. After a brief ceasefire, fighting continued.

43. Comradeship fuelled the soldiers' fighting morale

44. Fighting terrorism is the absolute priority.

45. You better not be fighting again.

46. They hesitate between fighting and submitting.

47. Guerrillas avoid fighting set-piece battles.

48. We all agreed to stop fighting.

49. The uncongenial roommates were always fighting.

50. Peter had his bellyful of fighting.