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FIGHTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of fighting; any contest or struggle
Example:
the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
Synonyms:
combat; fight; fighting; scrap
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fighting" is a kind of...):
battle; conflict; struggle (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals))
Meronyms (parts of "fighting"):
blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fighting"):
single combat (a fight between two people)
gang fight; rumble (a fight between rival gangs of adolescents)
cut-and-thrust; knife fight; snickersnee (fighting with knives)
brawl; free-for-all (a noisy fight in a crowd)
affray; disturbance; fray; ruffle (a noisy fight)
beating; whipping (the act of overcoming or outdoing)
banging; battering (the act of subjecting to strong attack)
fistfight; fisticuffs; slugfest (a fight with bare fists)
affaire d'honneur; duel (a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor)
dogfight; hassle; rough-and-tumble; scuffle; tussle (disorderly fighting)
impact; shock (the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat)
set-to (a brief but vigorous fight)
in-fighting (conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders))
fencing (the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules))
dogfight (a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling))
close-quarter fighting (hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters)
brush; clash; encounter; skirmish (a minor short-term fight)
gunfight; gunplay; shootout (a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten)
Derivation:
fight (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
Example:
review the fighting forces
Synonyms:
active; combat-ready; fighting
Classified under:
Similar:
operational ((military) of or intended for or involved in military operations)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb fight
Context examples:
And, above all, keep Mr. Bennet from fighting.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The next step is to see if rice plants grown in the laboratory will produce sorgoleone as they grow and have the same weed-fighting ability as sorghum.
(Transferring Sorghum’s Weed-Killing Power to Rice, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
His cheeks were flushed and his eyes shining, for the blood of a hundred fighting Saxon ancestors was beginning to stir in his veins.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At the same instant my mother, alarmed by the cries and fighting, came running downstairs to help me.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Anyone can get meningitis, but it is more common in people whose bodies have trouble fighting infections.
(Meningitis, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
It is involved in fighting against infection and inflammation and it acts as an antioxidant.
(Lactoferrin, NCI Dictionary)
As well as fighting disease and injury in humans, scientists could harness this technique to control plant cells and reverse environmental and agricultural issues, making plants more resilient to disease and pests.
(Cells Programmed Like Computers to Fight Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The study was the first trial outside of a laboratory using a transgenic approach to fighting malaria, according to the university.
(Genetically modified fungus hailed as malaria breakthrough, SciDev.Net)
After four days, one-third of meningeal macrophages were infected, and showed activity in many genes involved in fighting viruses.
(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)
Infection-fighting chemicals released into the blood can sometimes trigger widespread, damaging inflammation.
(Electroacupuncture Reduces Sepsis in Mice, NIH)
