fighting
noun[U]
uk/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈfaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/B2
theactofpeoplefighting,especiallyin awar:
（尤指战争中的）战斗，搏斗Fierce fighting hascontinuedalldayon theoutskirtsof thetown.激烈的战斗已经在市郊持续了一整天。
Synonym
combat
- Continued fighting in thecityiscausinggreatconcern.
- How can we put an end to the fighting?
- There's asenseofforebodingin thecapital, as if fighting might at anyminutebreakout.
- There has beenfreshfighting betweenpoliceanddemonstrators.
- Indirecteffectsof the fightingincludediseaseandfoodshortages.
Fighting
- a fight to the finishidiom
- bellicosity
- blood diamond
- blow
- boots on the groundidiom
- call to arms
- combat
- come close to blowsidiom
- conflict diamond
- grapple
- rout
- scrimmage
- shootout
- skirmish
- stoush
- tangle
- tangle withsomeone
- tilt
- toe
- turf war