单词	pitched battle
释义	pitched battle /pɪtʃd ˈbat(ə)l / noun 1A battle in which the time and place are determined beforehand, rather than a casual or chance skirmish.The ‘victories’ of the Alliance, in north and south, follow rounds of skirmishing and negotiating rather than pitched battles.... The news of their escapades be it in fleeting skirmish or pitched battles was eagerly listened to in Ireland. He is now, in his third age, a military historian specialising in the pitched battles of the Second World War. 1.1A violent confrontation involving large numbers of people: students engaged in pitched battles with the police... The state responded with violence: there were pitched battles with riot police. In April 1981 rampaging mobs fought pitched battles with police in Brixton, south London, in scenes that shocked the nation. A local football derby exploded into violence when hooligans from Hull took over the bar of a Lincoln hotel and began a pitched battle with police.
随便看	destructible destruction destructive destructive distillation destructively destructiveness destructor desuetude desulfurize desulphurise desulphurization desulphurize desulphurizer desultorily desultoriness desultory desuperheater desynchronise desynchronization desynchronize Det. detach detachability detachable detached

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