slugfest
a baseball game in which both teams make many runs and extra-base hits.
a boxing bout in which the boxers exchange powerful blows vigorously and aggressively with little care for defense.
an intense conflict or combat.
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How to use slugfest in a sentence
This is a job for independent committees, like Bowles-Simpson, not a partisan slugfest.
The hearing was billed in the press as more than just another partisan slugfest.
How the Chuck Hagel Fight Changed the American Jewish Landscape in Washington | J. J. Goldberg | August 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut if Gingrich heads to the showers, a Romney-Santorum slugfest could go all the way to Tampa.
Can Newt Gingrich Hang On After Alabama and Mississippi Primaries? | Howard Kurtz | March 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter all, the Fox News faceoff has all the elements needed for a slugfest.
South Carolina Showdown as GOP Candidates Face Off in Fox Debate | Howard Kurtz | January 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“It was encouraging,” Bob Schuman, of an independent committee called Americans for Rick Perry, said of the two-hour GOP slugfest.
British Dictionary definitions for slugfest
/ (ˈslʌɡˌfɛst) /
a boxing match in which opponents trade heavy blows
any sporting contest between powerful and evenly matched opponents
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