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Dictionary: Fight·ing

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1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.

An host of fighting men.
2 Chron. xxvi. 11.

2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. Pope.

A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq.] -- Fighting crab (Zoöl.), the fiddler crab. -- Fighting fish (Zoöl.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.


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adj

Definition: aggressive, warlike
Antonyms: meek, peaceful, peaceloving

n

Definition: battle, encounter
Antonyms: ceasefire, peace, retreat, surrender, withdrawal


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - Engaged in war or hostilities; Striving or struggling; Resisting or opposing.

pronunciation We are fighting for recognition as human beings. We are fighting for . . . human rights. — Malcolm X, Source: Speech, Black Revolution, New York, 1964

 
 
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