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View synonyms for fighting

fighting

[ fahy-ting ]

adjective

  1. fit to fight:

    a boxer who's no longer in fighting shape.

  2. tending or meant to stir up a fight or hostility:

    fighting words.



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Other Words From

  • un·fighting adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fighting1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; fight + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

First, one fights with another, then they make an alliance, then they go back to fighting each other.

Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up.

He said it was okay, that he had been busy too… busy fighting serious intestinal problems.

So here we are with Abbas being the only one of three parties to this conflict still fighting for a two-state solution.

Just a week before the start of a new Congress, the new House majority whip is fighting for his political life.

There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.

He thought they were now in touch with our troops at "X" but that they had been through some hard fighting to get there.

He has been ashore at Kum Kale and reports violent fighting and, for the time being, victory.

They held the compound against repeated assaults, and lost several men in hand-to-hand fighting.

A hundred more had been taken during the night fighting, but there was treachery and some of those were killed.

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