fighting
Engaged in combat
Fighting is physical combat or violent conflict between people or groups: street fighting, the fighting in Gaza.
It extends to any vigorous struggle or effort: fighting for survival, fighting corruption.
As an adjective, fighting describes readiness for combat or spirited determination: fighting spirit, fighting words, fighting chance.
Verbal clash over differences
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- tensionStretched or strained state
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
quarrel · bickering · squabble · altercation · friction · rivalry · discord · clash
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
survival · endurance · resilience · fortitude · striving · overcome · obstacle · battle
Quick, straight blow
- uppercutAscending boxing strike
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- heavyweightHighest combat weight class
- glovesHand coverings with fingers
ring · sparring · rounds · hook · cross · bobbing · weaving · footwork
Combat engagement area
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- infantryGround combat troops
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- assaultViolent offensive act
siege · ambush · guerrilla · tactics · trenches · camouflage · flank · barrage
Extremely violent or aggressive
- savageFierce and untamed
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- relentlessContinuing without pause
aggressive · intense · merciless · ruthless · violent · furious · wild · unrelenting
Open resistance to authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- mutinyRevolt against authority
protest · dissent · opposition · insurgency · revolt · liberation · underground · partisan
dispute
Verbal clash over differences
- feudBitter ongoing rivalry
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- tensionStretched or strained state
animosity · quarrel · bickering · squabble · altercation · friction · rivalry · discord · clash · contention
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
adversity · survival · endurance · resilience · fortitude · striving · overcome · obstacle · battle · challenge
jab
Quick, straight blow
- uppercutAscending boxing strike
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- heavyweightHighest combat weight class
gloves · ring · sparring · rounds · hook · cross · bobbing · weaving · footwork · featherweight
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- infantryGround combat troops
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
assault · siege · ambush · guerrilla · tactics · trenches · camouflage · flank · barrage · offensive
ferocious
Extremely violent or aggressive
relentless · aggressive · intense · merciless · ruthless · violent · furious · wild · unrelenting · cutthroat
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
mutiny · protest · dissent · opposition · insurgency · revolt · liberation · underground · partisan · disobedience
dojo
Martial arts school
- karateJapanese unarmed combat discipline
- taekwondoKorean striking martial art
- judoJapanese throwing discipline
kickboxing · capoeira · grappling · kata · belt · sensei · submission · takedown · guard · mount
- gamingvideo games, buff, games, PlayStation 4, gameplay
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- aggressionhostility, violence, attack, combativeness, aggression
- conflictclash, war, battle, dispute, feud
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
fightingpeace
Freedom from disturbance
harmony · peacemaking · peacetime · ceasefire · truce
fightingsurrender
Cease resistance, yield
surrendering · capitulation · yielding · submission · giving up
fightingnonoperational
Not in working order
inactive · broken · disabled · non-functional · out of commission
- fighting backOpposing when attacked
- keep fightingMaintain resistance despite difficulty
- fighting offActively repelling something
- fighting chanceSmall but real possibility
- fighting fire with fireCombating something with itself
- fighting spiritDetermined will to persevere
infighting, refighting, fighting fit, fighting game, fighting spirit, fighting games, fighting words