Fight
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+ | [[Image:Combat de nègres dans un tunnel.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Negroes Fighting in a Tunnel at Night]]'' (1882) by [[Paul Bilhaud]], here shown in the 1887 version [[appropriation|appropriate]]d by [[Alphonse Allais]] as published in ''[[Album primo-avrilesque]]'' (April fool-ish Album)]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Jean-Leon Gerome Pollice Verso.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Pollice Verso (Gérôme)|Pollice Verso]]'' (1872) by Jean-Léon Gérôme]] | ||
+ | [[Image:George Bellows, Dempsey and Firpo (1924).jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Dempsey and Firpo'' ([[1924]]) by [[George Bellows]]]] | ||
+ | [[Image:The Dragon Slaying the Companions of Cadmus (1588) - Hendrick Goltzius.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[The Dragon Slaying the Companions of Cadmus]]'' 1588 by Goltzius]] | ||
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- | ''See [[Mayhem]], [[Violence]], [[Fight Club]], [[Fight-or-flight response]]'' | + | |
+ | # To [[contend]] in physical [[conflict]], either singly or in [[war]], [[battle]] etc. | ||
+ | #* ''The two boxers have been '''fighting''' for more than half an hour.'' | ||
+ | #* ''A wounded animal will '''fight''' like a maniac.'' | ||
+ | # To [[strive]] for; to campaign or [[contend]] for success. | ||
+ | #* ''He '''fought''' for the Democrats in the last election.'' | ||
+ | # To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.). | ||
+ | #* ''The battle was '''fought''' just over that hill.'' | ||
+ | # To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with. | ||
+ | #* ''My grandfather '''fought''' the Nazis in the Second World War.'' | ||
+ | # To [[try]] to [[overpower]]; to [[fiercely]] [[counteract]]. | ||
+ | #* ''The government pledged to '''fight''' corruption.'' | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | :''See [[mayhem]], [[violence]], ''[[Fight Club]]'', [[fight-or-flight response]], [[Fight the Power]]'' | ||
+ | *[[Combat]] | ||
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- To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
- The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
- A wounded animal will fight like a maniac.
- To strive for; to campaign or contend for success.
- He fought for the Democrats in the last election.
- To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare etc.).
- The battle was fought just over that hill.
- To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
- My grandfather fought the Nazis in the Second World War.
- To try to overpower; to fiercely counteract.
- The government pledged to fight corruption.
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