(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.
Ruckus
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) There was unconvincing talk of an injury but as journalists waited in the car park for players after the game, we became aware of a ruckus on the Togo team bus.
(2) Dridi and Khalil's bags were stolen in the ruckus but Dridi's was returned by an Egyptian who managed to wrestle it back.
(3) But imagine the ruckus that Duggan would have caused, if you'd held his boy up on the stairs, impeding him from getting to the next boiler on his list, and shortening his plunder opportunities.
(4) After initially appearing to declare that the bill had gone through, lieutenant governor David Dewhurst said at about 3am that it had passed by 19 votes to 10 – but added that the "ruckus and noise going on" had prevented him from completing the formalities required to rubber-stamp it into law.
(5) There was, of course, the magnificent ruckus at the US embassy in Ankara, and the gloriously quotable lecture Pinter gave on torture.
(6) Sano added: “I have to protect my family and staff from persistent attacks and harassment over the ruckus.
(7) If you have a boat letting in water in the middle of a storm, you had better be at the wheel António Horta-Osório He is no doubt hoping that these characteristics will mean a ruckus can be avoided over his £11.5m pay packet - which has to be approved at the bank’s annual meeting on 14 May, just a week after the general election.
(8) Caught between Tony Abbott’s untenable $80bn in cuts to hospitals and schools and his own cabinet’s unwillingness to increase federal spending or taxes, Turnbull found a bit of extra money and then raised an almighty ruckus with a wild plan to solve the rest of the problem.
(9) Describing the event online as a "ruckus street party" organisers said they were rallying against gentrification, racist police murders, outrageous rent prices and "the displacement of all that is queer".
(10) Perhaps the most striking aspect of this particular ruckus was Shakey’s admission that he “used to line up and get my latte every day”.
(11) Israel's president, Shimon Peres, also sought to smooth over the ruckus.
(12) There's a bit of a ruckus as they celebrate and some Uruguayan players express their displeasure with a few of them as well as with the referee.
(13) Recently, there’s been some ruckus about suggestions made by Noel Pearson , which drew on earlier submissions to the committee made by his Cape York Institute.
(14) An enterprising young promoter from a prominent Sydney bar has taken the opportunity to follow the crowd handing out free drink cards, while a confused tourist is trying to pick someone out of the crowd to explain all this ruckus.
(15) Back in the “less is less” session in Canberra, Australia’s prime minister also declined to say anything more than absolutely necessary about what Trump had given Australia by way of undertakings on the refugee resettlement deal – presumably lest Breitbart find out, and start a nasty ruckus.
(16) "Thankfully, it didn't take long for the ruckus to again settle down.
(17) In the end, Republican lawmakers had to admit defeat: "With all the ruckus and noise going on," Mr Dewhurst said, he could not complete administrative duties to make the vote official and sign the bill.
(18) David Dewhurst, the Texas lieutenant governor, told reporters that a 19-10 vote in favour of the bill came within time, but "with all the ruckus and noise going on, I couldn't sign the bill".
(19) Win Pe said shortly after the gun blast there was “a ruckus outside, and I thought, now, now, come in now.
(20) This is the thing that caused the big ruckus when Ben Affleck was here.