Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fight

See prize fight .

(Argument), noun

• altercation
• bickering
• broil
• certamen
• clash
• conflict
• confrontation
• contest
• controversy
• debate
• difference
• disagreement
• discord
• disputation
• dispute
• dissension
• embroilment
• estrangement
• expression of contrary opinions
• imbroglio
• logomachy
• oral contention
• polemics
• pugna
• quarrel
• row
• schism
• squabble
• strife
• variance
• verbal contest
• war of words
• wrangle

(Battle), noun

• action
• affray
• appeal to arms
• armed action
• assault
• attack
• bloodshed
• bout
• brawl
• clash of arms
• combat
• contest
• encounter
• engagement
• exchange of blows
• fracas
• fray
• hostile encounter
• pugilatio
• rencounter
• resistance
• scuffle
• skirmish
• struggle
• tussle
• war
• warfare

(Battle), verb

• act in opposition
• altercate
• appeal to arms
• assail
• assault
• assume the offensive
• attack
• bandy with
• be violent
• break the peace
• campaign
• carry on war
• challenge
• close with
• combat
• come to blows
• commit hostilities
• compete with
• confront
• contend
• contest
• declare war
• dispute
• duel
• engage
• exchange blows
• exchange fisticuffs
• face danger
• go to war
• grapple with
• have words with
• joust
• make war
• oppose
• proehum committere
• pummel
• rebel
• reluct
• resist
• resort to arms
• revolt
• scrimmage
• scuffle
• set to
• skirmish
• spar
• squabble
• stand up to
• strike
• struggle against
• take on
• take the offensive
• take up arms
• tourney
• tussle
• vie with
• wage war
• wrestle with

(Counteract), verb

• actinoppositionto
• be at crosspurposes
• be contrary
• be obstructive
• confound
• confute
• contradict
• counter
• countermine
• counterpose
• counterwork
• cross
• debar
• defy
• disapprove
• foil
• frustrate
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• interfere
• make a stand against
• negate
• object
• obstruct
• oppose
• preclude
• prevent
• protest
• rebuff
• reject
• repulse
• resist
• run against
• run counter to
• side against
• spurn
• stand against
• stand up to
• thwart
• traverse
• vote down
• work against Associated Concepts: fight passage

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