hostile+encounter
61action — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Performance Nouns 1. (act of doing) action, performance, operation, execution, enactment, production; process, procedure, proceeding, transaction; behavior, conduct; work, exertion. See activity. 2.… …
62combat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. conflict, warfare; battle, close combat. v. t. fight, oppose. See contention. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. struggle, warfare, conflict, armed fighting; see battle 2 , fight 1 . See Synonym Study at battle …
63congress — c.1400, body of attendants; also meeting of armed forces (mid 15c.); main modern sense of coming together of people, a meeting is from 1520s; from L. congressus a friendly meeting; a hostile encounter, pp. of congredi meet with, fight with, from… …
64repulse — re•pulse [[t]rɪˈpʌls[/t]] v. pulsed, puls•ing, n. 1) to drive back; repel 2) to repel with denial; refuse or reject 3) cvb to cause feelings of repulsion in; disgust 4) the act of repelling 5) a refusal or rejection 6) the fact of being repelled …
65battle — /ˈbætl / (say batl) noun 1. a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing forces. 2. any extended or intense fight, struggle or contest: the battle between sand miners and conservationists. 3. Obsolete a battalion. –verb (battled, battling)… …
66brush — I. /brʌʃ / (say brush) noun 1. an instrument consisting of bristles, hair, or the like, set in or attached to a handle, used for painting, cleaning, polishing, rubbing, etc. 2. an act of brushing; an application of a brush. 3. the bushy tail of… …
67meeting — /ˈmitɪŋ / (say meeting) noun 1. a coming together. 2. an assembling, as of persons for some purpose. 3. an assembly or gathering held. 4. an assembly of people with responsibilities towards an organisation, held to conduct the business of that… …
68repulse — /rəˈpʌls / (say ruh puls) verb (t) (repulsed, repulsing) 1. to drive back, or repel, as an assailant, etc. 2. to repel with denial, discourtesy, or the like; refuse or reject. 3. to produce a feeling of strong aversion in; disgust. –noun 4. the… …
69fighter — [n] person engaged in hostile encounter aggressor, antagonist, assailant, battler, belligerent, boxer, brawler, bruiser*, bully, champion, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, disputant, duelist, GI, gladiator, heavy*, jouster, mercenary …
70fight — A hostile encounter, affray, or altercation; a physical or verbal struggle for victory; pugilistic combat. Gitlow v. Kiely, D.C.N.Y., 44 F.2d 227, 232. See also affray …
