Synonyms for fighting
fight·ing

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1. fight, fighting, combat, scrapadjective

   the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

   "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"

   Synonyms:
   bit, flake, battle, fleck, conflict, rubbish, trash, fight, scrap, competitiveness, armed combat, combat, engagement, chip

   Antonyms:
   nonoperational, inactive

2. active, combat-ready, fighting(a)adjective

   engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

   "on active duty"; "the platoon is combat-ready"; "review the fighting forces"

   Antonyms:
   inactive, nonoperational

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1. • Military

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1. spar

   it's literally what sparring is

   sparring is fighting

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. fightingnoun

   Synonyms:
   contention, strife, quarrel, warfare

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1. List of paraphrases for "fighting":

   combat, fight, combating, battles, battle, struggling, struggle, hostilities, warring, countering, battling, fighter, confrontation, fights, combatant, combatting, battlefield, strife, tackling, striving, war, counter, militancy, gunfight, infighting

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1. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein:

   While some civilians were killed in crossfire between the fighting forces, others were reportedly summarily executed by Government (SPLA) soldiers, who appear to have specifically targeted people of Nuer origin, the fighting also resulted in widespread sexual violence, including rape and gang rape by soldiers in uniform and men in plain clothes.

2. Emi Nijiya:

   I think a lot of people think that these riots are not part of our history and that they don't do anything, this was our way of saying yes, this is justified and it is something we should be fighting for. We need to be fighting for change.

3. Rob Portman:

   I am proud to join my colleagues on this important trip to Poland, the Polish people continue their unwavering support for NATO after 23 years of fighting alongside the U.S. and our allies. This bipartisan delegation will send a clear message that the U.S. is thankful for their support of Ukraine and their offer of providing fighter jets, as the people of Ukraine continue to endure brutal Russian atrocities.

4. Flint School:

   I was attacked, out of nowhere, for no reason, and there is one person fighting, one person who did the violence, not the board. It wasn't the board, it was one individual and that one individual grabbed my throat, slammed my head down on the table, punched me repeatedly in the head and the only one who was pointing a finger was that person, was Danielle Green.

5. John Williams:

   SARS caused death in about 10 % of people that became infected and it did spread person to person but not super effectively, there weren't many people walking around without symptoms or with mild symptoms, who could be spreading it.How do you manage fighting kids during a lockdown ? We asked the experts.