fighting
Adjective:
- Engaged in or ready for combat or conflict: Describes individuals, groups, or forces that are actively involved in or prepared for a physical struggle, battle, or war.
- Characterized by or involving a struggle or conflict: Can describe a situation, spirit, or attitude that involves determined effort against opposition.
Noun:
- The act of engaging in physical combat or a struggle: Refers to the action or instance of fighting.
- A contest, struggle, or conflict: Can refer to any intense dispute or competitive effort, not necessarily physical.
Adjective:
- The fighting forces were deployed to the border. (The military units ready for combat were sent to the border.)
- She has a fighting spirit that never gives up. (She possesses a determined, combative attitude.)
Noun:
- The fighting in the alley was broken up by the police. (The physical conflict in the alley was stopped by the police.)
- There was fierce fighting for control of the market. (There was an intense competitive struggle to gain control of the market.)
"Fighting chance": A reasonable chance of succeeding, especially against difficult odds.
- With this new evidence, we have a fighting chance to win the case. (This new evidence gives us a real, though difficult, possibility of winning.)
"Fighting words": Statements that are so insulting or provocative that they are likely to incite a physical fight.
- Calling him a coward to his face were fighting words. (Those insults were directly challenging and likely to start a fight.)
Fight (verb/noun): The base form. As a verb: to engage in combat or struggle. As a noun: an instance of fighting.
- They will fight for their rights. (They will struggle to secure their rights.)
- He got into a fight after school. (He was involved in a physical conflict after school.)
Fighter (noun):
- A person who fights, especially as a soldier or boxer.
- A person who does not give up easily; someone with a determined spirit.
- Adjective: Combat-ready, warlike, belligerent, militant.
- Noun: Combat, conflict, struggle, brawl, scrap, clash.
Fight back:
- To defend oneself by fighting.
- To struggle to suppress an emotion or reaction.
Fight off: To resist or repel someone or something successfully.
- He took vitamins to fight off the cold. (He took vitamins to successfully resist getting a cold.)
To fight fire with fire: To use the same methods or weapons as one's opponent.
- The company fought fire with fire by lowering its prices too. (The company used the same aggressive tactic as its competitor.)
To fight a losing battle: To try to achieve something that has very little chance of success.
- Trying to keep the old traditions alive felt like fighting a losing battle. (It seemed almost impossible to preserve the old traditions.)
To fight tooth and nail: To fight with great determination and intensity, using every available means.
- They fought tooth and nail to protect their home. (They struggled with extreme determination.)
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engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
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on active duty
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the platoon is combat-ready
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review the fighting forces
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the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
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a fight broke out at the hockey game
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there was fighting in the streets
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the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
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