pitched battles
Planned military engagements
Pitched battles are large-scale military engagements where opposing forces commit fully to fighting at a chosen time and place, as opposed to skirmishes, ambushes, or guerrilla tactics.
The term implies formal confrontation with both sides prepared: The war was decided by a series of pitched battles rather than sieges.
Figuratively, any intense, all-out conflict: Budget negotiations turned into pitched battles between the parties.
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- hand to handDirect physical combat
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
onslaught · confrontation · struggle · fighting · actions · siege · quarrels · conflict · warfare · melee · brawl · swords · hostilities · Dál Riata · Kenneth MacAlpin · mercenaries · fortresses · front lines
pitched battlesskirmishes
Brief, minor combat engagements
guerrilla raids · firefights · scuffles · ambushes · potshots
pitched battlespeace negotiations
Diplomatic talks ending conflict
diplomatic solutions · ceasefires · armistices · peace accords · truces
pitched battlesguerrilla warfare
Irregular combat using ambushes
insurgency · asymmetric warfare · guerrilla tactics · unconventional warfare · ambushes
pitch, pitched, pitches, pitching, pitcher, pitchers, battle, battles, battled