(v. i.) To strive or contend 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.
(v. i.) To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) A struggle or contest of any kind.
(v. i.) Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him.
(v. i.) A screen for the combatants in ships.
Example Sentences:
(1) beta-Endorphin blocked the development of fighting responses when a low footshock intensity was used, but facilitated it when a high shock intensity was delivered.
(2) A 45-year-old mother of four, named as Hediye Sen, was killed during clashes in Cizre, while a 70-year-old died of a heart attack during fighting in Silopi, according to hospital sources.
(3) At the ceremony, the Taliban welcomed dialogue with Washington but said their fighters would not stop fighting.
(4) A dozen peers hold ministerial positions and Westminster officials are expecting them to keep the paperwork to run the country flowing and the ministerial seats warm while their elected colleagues fight for votes.
(5) I hope they fight for the money to make their jobs worth doing, because it's only with the money (a drop in the ocean though it may be) that they'll be able to do anything.
(6) They argue that the US, the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases per capita (China recently surpassed us in sheer volume), needs to lead the fight to limit carbon emissions, rather continuing to block global treaties as it has done in the past.
(7) If there was to be guerrilla warfare, I wanted to be able to stand and fight with my people and to share the hazards of war with them.
(8) How big tobacco lost its final fight for hearts, lungs and minds Read more Shares in Imperial closed down 1% and British American Tobacco lost 0.75%, both underperforming the FTSE100’s 0.3% decline.
(9) But still we have to fight for health benefits, we have to jump through loops … Why doesn’t the NFL offer free healthcare for life, especially for those suffering from brain injury?” The commissioner, however, was quick to remind Davis that benefits are agreed as part of the collective bargaining process held between the league and the players’ union, and said that they had been extended during the most recent round of negotiations.
(10) Unlike most birds of prey, which are territorial and fight each other over nesting and hunting grounds, the hen harrier nests close to other harriers.
(11) Like many families, we’ve had to move to escape the fighting.
(12) Critics of wind power peddle the same old myths about investment in new energy sources adding to families' fuel bills , preferring to pick a fight with people concerned about the environment, than stand up to vested interests in the energy industry, for the hard-pressed families and pensioners being ripped off by the energy giants.
(13) When the election comes, we won’t be campaigning for a coalition... ...we will be fighting heart and soul for a majority Conservative Government – because that is what our country needs.
(14) We have much more fighting to do!” Now Cherwell is preparing to publish letters or articles from other students who have been inspired to open up about their own ordeals.
(15) We need to put our heads together, and get our act together to fight corruption.
(16) It’s useless if we try and fight with them through force, so we try and fight with them through humour.” “There is a saying that laughing is the best form of medicine.
(17) He was fighting to breathe.” The decision on her father’s case came just 10 days after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, found there was not enough evidence to indict a white police officer for shooting dead an unarmed black teenager called Michael Brown.
(18) That’s why I thought: ‘I hope Tyson wins – even if he never gives me a shot.’ As long as the heavyweight titles are out of Germany we could have some interesting fights.
(19) Everyone expressed commitment to fight climate change.
(20) His greatest legacy, besides his three children, is the joy and happiness he offered to others, particularly to those fighting personal battles.
Fistfight
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Trump encouraged his supporters to get into fistfights with protesters , and seems to fantasize about doing the same to CNN .
(2) The primary specific causes of these injuries were fistfights (nearly 30%), sports (over 20%), and vehicles (about 15%).
(3) Most of his conflicts have been highly personal: during a radio debate while running for the regional Duma in 2006, he got into a fistfight with his opponent, while his conflict with United Russia governor Kuivashev came after Roizman's girlfriend and campaign manager, Aksana Panova, spurned the governor's advances, she told the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
(4) After the Labour MP Eric Joyce brawled in a bar at the House of Commons, political bloggers rated the best political fistfights .
(5) He was also slightly injured in a New York nightclub brawl and, earlier this year, was accused of being involved in a fistfight with Frank Ocean’s entourage over a parking spot at a West Hollywood recording studio.
(6) In a parliament that has long been known for altercations and fistfights, there were fears that the new set of MPs could prove more unruly than ever, especially after the commanders of two volunteer battalions active in the east had promised to solve their personal differences “like men” inside parliament.
(7) However, the deal soon fell apart, with fistfights breaking out in the auditing centre where disputed ballots are being assessed and that process being halted numerous times.
(8) Fistfights and shouting matches raged on throughout the morning as the two sides fought for control of the microphone.
(9) In 1995, Kusturica was involved in a fistfight on the beach in Cannes, after winning his Palme d'Or for Underground .
(10) The fistfight-to-the-death scene was done with such startling verisimilitude that nearly all the stage furniture was demolished nightly, and Gough broke three ribs and injured the base of his spine.
(11) These fistfights occurred not just when he was a young student but also when he was an "officer" – after he had joined the KGB.
(12) Foreigners: please be aware that your sudden awareness of our political fistfights is but a Twitter phenomenon.
(13) Plenty of female designers are bucking stereotypes, working, not just on family-friendly Wii titles, but on action adventures, filled with shoot-outs and fistfights.