Battle
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles.
Fight
Take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons
Cameron fought back as hard as he could
Protesters fought with police
The men were fighting
Battle
A fight between two armed forces, usually on a large scale
An important battle in the Pacific campaign.
Fight
Struggle to overcome, eliminate, or prevent
A churchman who has dedicated his life to fighting racism
The company intends to fight the decision
Battle
Armed fighting; combat
Wounded in battle.
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Fight
A violent confrontation or struggle
He'd got into a fight with some bouncers outside a club
Battle
A match between two combatants
Trial by battle.
Fight
To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
Battle
A protracted controversy or struggle
Won the battle of the budget.
Fight
(Sports) To engage in a boxing match or other similar contest.
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Battle
An intense competition
A battle of wits.
Fight
To engage in a quarrel; argue
They are always fighting about money.
Battle
To engage in or as if in battle.
Fight
To strive vigorously and resolutely, as in trying to overcome something; contend
Fought against graft.
Fighting for her rights.
Battle
To fight against
Battled the enemy.
Battled cancer.
Fight
To contend with or oppose with violence or in battle.
Battle
A contest, a struggle.
The battle of life
Fight
To wage or carry on (a battle).
Battle
(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
Fight
To contend for, as by combat
“I now resolved that Calais should be fought to the death” (Winston S. Churchill).
Battle
A division of an army; a battalion.
Fight
(Sports) To take part in a boxing match or other similar contest with (an opponent).
Battle
The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
Fight
To participate in (a boxing match or other similar contest).
Battle
Battle buddy
Fight
To cause (a boxer or other contestant) to fight in a match.
Battle
(intransitive) To join in battle; to contend in fight
Scientists always battle over theories.
She has been battling against cancer for years.
Fight
To contend with or struggle against
Fought his boss over every penny.
Fought temptation.
Battle
(transitive) To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
She has been battling cancer for years.
Fight
To try to prevent the development or success of
Fought the attempt to close the school.
Battle
To feed or nourish (someone or something).
Fight
To try to extinguish (an uncontrolled fire).
Battle
To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.
Fight
To make (one's way) by struggle or striving
Fought my way to the top.
Battle
Improving; nutritious; fattening.
Battle grass, battle pasture
Fight
A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons.
Battle
Fertile; fruitful.
Battle soil, battle land
Fight
A physical conflict between two or more individuals.
Battle
A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
Fight
A boxing match.
Battle
A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.
The whole intellectual battle that had at its center the best poem of the best poet of that day.
Fight
A contest in kickboxing, any of the mixed martial arts, or a similar sport.
Battle
A division of an army; a battalion.
The king divided his army into three battles.
The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action.
Fight
A quarrel or conflict
Newlyweds having a fight over chores.
Battle
The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.
Fight
A struggle to achieve an objective
A fight for the attainment of civil rights.
Battle
To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
To meet in arms, and battle in the plain.
Fight
The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity
I just didn't have any fight left in me.
Battle
To assail in battle; to fight.
Fight
(intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
A wounded animal will fight like a maniac, relentless, savage and murderous.
Battle
A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;
Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
He lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
Fight
(reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle etc.
The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
Battle
An energetic attempt to achieve something;
Getting through the crowd was a real struggle
He fought a battle for recognition
Fight
(intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
Battle
An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);
The harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
Police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
Fight
(transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
The battle was fought just over that hill.
Battle
Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle;
The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Nothern Iraq
We must combat the prejudices against other races
They battled over the budget
Fight
(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.
Fight
(transitive) To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
The government pledged to fight corruption.
Fight
To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
To fight cocks; to fight one's ship
Fight
(intransitive) Of colours or other design elements: to clash; to fail to harmonize.
Fight
An occasion of fighting.
One of them got stuck in a chokehold and got stabbed to death during the fight.
Fight
(archaic) A battle between opposing armies.
Fight
A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
Watch your language! Are you looking for a fight?
Fight
(sports) A boxing or martial arts match.
I'm going to Nick’s to watch the big fight tomorrow night.
Fight
A conflict, possibly nonphysical, with opposing ideas or forces; strife.
I'll put up a fight to save this company.
Fight
(uncountable) The will or ability to fight.
That little guy has a bit of fight in him after all.
As soon as he saw the size of his opponent, all the fight went out of him.
Fight
(obsolete) A screen for the combatants in ships; an arming.
Fight
To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; - followed by with or against.
You do fight against your country's foes.
To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
Fight
To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
Fight
To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.
He had to fight his way through the world.
I have fought a good fight.
Fight
To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.
Fight
To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
Fight
A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.
Who now defies thee thrice to single fight.
Fight
A struggle or contest of any kind.
Fight
Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.
Fight
A screen for the combatants in ships.
Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare.
Fight
The act of fighting; any contest or struggle;
A fight broke out at the hockey game
There was fighting in the streets
The unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
Fight
An intense verbal dispute;
A violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate
Fight
A boxing match;
The fight was on television last night
Fight
A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war;
Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
He lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
Fight
An aggressive willingness to compete;
The team was full of fight
Fight
Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight;
The tribesmen fought each other
Siblings are always fighting
Fight
Fight against or resist strongly;
The senator said he would oppose the bill
Don't fight it!
Fight
Make a strenuous or labored effort;
She struggled for years to survive without welfare
He fought for breath
Fight
Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for;
The liberal party pushed for reforms
She is crusading for women's rights
The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate