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fight

combat

Related forms: fight · 7 words in this dictionary

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7 words

to take part in a violent physical struggle against someone or something

Shared component: fight · combat

A fight involving an exchange of gunfire.

gun+fight

Shared component: fight · combat

To fight better than and defeat an opponent.

out+fight

Shared component: fight · combat

A battle using guns, especially a short, intense one between small groups of soldiers or police.

fire+fight

Shared component: fight · combat

A person, especially in the American West in the 19th century, who fights with guns, often as a hired killer or in duels.

gun+fight+er

Shared component: fight · combat

A type of small, fast, and heavily armed spacecraft designed for combat in science fiction.

star+fight+er

Shared component: fight · combat

Relating to or denoting the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which prepares the body either to resist forcibly or to flee.

fight+or+flight

Shared component: fight · combat