fighting

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ bitter, fierce, hard, heavy, intense, serious

▪ bloody

▪ continued, continuing

▪ fresh (esp. BrE), renewed

▪ sporadic

▪ constant

▪ hand-to-hand

▪

The sword and mace were the preferred weapons for hand-to-hand fighting.

▪ house-to-house, street, urban

▪ factional

VERB + FIGHTING

▪ end, halt, stop

▪

The talks are intended to end the fighting.

▪ take part in

▪

The conspirators took no part in the fighting which ensued.

▪ be killed in, die in

▪ escape, flee

▪

refugees fleeing the fighting

FIGHTING + VERB

▪ take place

▪ begin, break out, erupt, flare, start

▪

Fierce fighting broke out among the refugees.

▪ ensue, follow

▪ continue, go on

▪ rage

▪

For nearly two months the fighting raged.

▪ intensify

▪ die away, die down, diminish

▪

Even if the fighting dies down, no answer is in sight to the political crisis.

▪ cease, end, stop

▪ resume

PREPOSITION

▪ during the fighting, in the fighting

▪

He was badly wounded during the fighting.

▪ fighting between

▪

There has been renewed fighting between the government forces and the rebels.

PHRASES

▪ do the/sb's fighting

▪

He prefers others to do the fighting for him.

▪ a lull in the fighting

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adv.

Fighting is used with these adjectives: ↑fit