fightingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈfaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/B2 the act of people fighting, especially in a war:
Fierce fighting has continued all day on the outskirts of the town.
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- Continued fighting in the city is causing great concern.
- How can we put an end to the fighting?
- There's a sense of foreboding in the capital, as if fighting might at any minute break out.
- There has been fresh fighting between police and demonstrators.
- Indirect effects of the fighting include disease and food shortages.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- combat
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- shoot
- slug
- slug it out idiom
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