outfights

Wins the brawl

Outfights is the third-person singular of outfight, meaning to defeat in a fight or to fight better than an opponent.

The word applies to physical combat, boxing matches, or figurative struggles: She outfights every challenger in the ring.

The smaller army outfights its enemy through superior tactics.

combat

boxing

Combat sport using fists

  • sparringPractice combat training
  • boutLimited stretch of something
  • roundsAmmunition or bout divisions

knockout · counterpunch · jab · hook · uppercut · footwork · ringcraft · defense · feint · pugilism

endurance

stamina

Capacity for sustained effort

grit · determination · fortitude · toughness · outlasting · wearing down · attrition · second wind · recovery · heart

aggression

ferocity

Extreme violent intensity

pressing · attacking · overwhelming · onslaught · barrage · assault · pummeling · battering · punishing · brutalizing

strategy

tactics

Methods to achieve goals

timing · anticipation · positioning · adaptability · counterattack · evasion · parrying · dodging · reading · adjustment

superiority

domination

Supreme authority held

besting · conquering · prevailing · vanquishing · overwhelming · subduing · triumphing · overcoming · mastering · surpassing

Opposites
engagement vs. avoidance

outfightsavoids

Deliberately stays away from

evades

Family

outfight, outfighting

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