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US
/ˈfaɪtɪŋ/
]
[ UK /fˈaɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /fˈaɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
review the fighting forces
the platoon is combat-ready
on active duty
NOUN
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the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
there was fighting in the streets
a fight broke out at the hockey game
the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
How To Use fighting In A Sentence
- Well, the good news is a few weeks ago they were talking about it being the main source of law, so there has been some concession there, which the Iraqi women leaders have been fighting for.
- In Scotland there are groups of people who are fighting hard to keep Gaelic alive.
- And the people who were subjected to hard yakka, slave labour if you want, or removal from islands because of drinking problems or fighting and they have complete hate and they've handed it down generationally.
- At least 5,500 people have died during the past decade in fighting between government and rebel forces.
- Which of us would want our lives to lay in ruin while those who are supposed to help are busy fighting over politics, power and property that does not belong to them? National Council of Churches
- There is grassland on the natural brae of Royal Garden, yellow and green, fighting with the autumn. In this grassland, an alley wanders forward, just like the traces from a big snake' creeping.
- But spring is here now, the fighting season is upon us. Times, Sunday Times
- The people who inhabited America at that time were fighting an uphill battle. Times, Sunday Times
- Gulf War veterans fighting to prove hundreds of former servicemen have been crippled and killed by a mysterious syndrome caused by their time in the conflict have been dealt a massive blow - their own solicitors say the case is unprovable.
- A successful fighting man must have a strong sense of pride and self-respect.
