What is fighting?

  • (adj): Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations.
    Example: "Review the fighting forces"
    Synonyms: active, combat-ready
    See also — Additional definitions below

Some articles on fighting:

Battle Of Dak To - Aftermath
... as missing-presumed dead and another 1,441 were wounded, in the fighting around Đắk Tô ... The fighting had also taken a toll on South Vietnamese troops. 73 ARVN soldiers were killed in the fighting ...
List Of Chicken Breeds - Religion
... Fighting chickens of various breeds have long existed as evidenced by an Indus seal from Mohenjo-daro with an inscription of the Indus ideogram for "city" and a pair of cocks, inferring ... Fighting cocks are roosters of "fighting spirit", or the will to persevere even when faced with difficult obstacles or opponents through seemingly limitless courage, while being a ... Fighting chickens of a religious, spiritual or sacred cockfight are the vessels of religious and spiritual beliefs and exercise and are not to be confused with the blood sport of ...
Street Fighting Man
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NHL (video game series) - NHL Series in Popular Culture - Swingers
... this game, so I could bitch slap Wayne." Mike "What! They don't have fighting anymore?" Trent "Doesn't that suck?" Mike "Why'd they get rid of the ... They also were playing "NHLPA Hockey '93", which had blood and fighting but the fighting was strategic and players like Gretzky would rarely, if at all ... each, making each more likely to be called for penalties including fighting, others such as Gretzky had low ratings of both, making the latter not only less likely to ...
YAMMA Pit Fighting
... Yamma Pit Fighting was a mixed martial arts promotion that was created by original UFC promoter Bob Meyrowitz ... It featured a unique fighting arena, as well as 2 "masters" fights Patrick Smith vs ...

More definitions of "fighting":

  • (adj): Disposed to loud disagreements and fighting.
    Synonyms: brawling
  • (noun): The act of fighting; any contest or struggle.
    Example: "There was fighting in the streets"
    Synonyms: fight, combat, scrap

Famous quotes containing the word fighting:

    “I’m not fighting any causes. I’m black, everybody can see that, but I am a storyteller for the masses.”
    —Jackie Torrence (b. 1944)

    “Our frigate takes fire,
    The other asks if we demand quarter?
    If our colors are struck and the fighting done?
    Now I laugh content for I hear the voice of my little captain,
    We have not struck, he composedly cries, we have just begun our part of the fighting.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for ‘tis the only thing in this world that lasts.... ‘Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for—worth dying for.”
    —Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949)