Fight

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Fight:

If people fight they hit or kick each other in order to hurt each other. **Eg**: //two men were fightening in the street outside.//
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 * When people fight each other:

__Have a fight:__ to fight with another person **+with,** eg: //he ran away from school after he had fight with a bigger boy//

__Struggle:__ to fight someone who is attacking you or holding you, especially so that you can escape from them, eg: //she tried to struggle but she put his hand over her mouth// **+to do sth/ +with/ +against**

__Wrestle:__ to fight someone by holding, pulling or pushing them rather than hitting them, eg: //the two boys wrestled for a while then gave up, tired// **+with**

__Come to blows:__ is when two people start fighting after an argument or when both are very angry, eg: //police say they don't know what the two were arguing about, only that it came to blows.//

__Clash:__ if two groups of people ( especially with opposing opinions or aims) clash they fight for a short time, eg: //police clashed with demonstrators for the second time in a week.//


 * To start a fight

__Pick a fight:__ to deliberately start a fight with someone, especially by arguing with them or saying rude things to them

__Be looking/spoiling for a fight/itching for a fight:__ to want to get rid of angry or violent feelings by fighting or trying to start a fight


 * Behaving in a way that is likely to start a fight

__Aggressive:__ behaving in an angry and threatining way that is likely to start a fight

__Belligerent:__ wanting to fight or argue, especially in order to prove that you're the right, the best or the most important


 * A fight

__Punch-up:__ a fight ( British informal) **+get into a punch up,** eg: //some drunks began calling us names and we ended up getting into a punch up//

__Brawl:__ a fight between a group of people in a public place, especially when they are drunk.

__Scuffle:__ a short fight, not very violent and usually involves people pushing each other **+a scuffle breaks out,** eg: rioters threw stones at the police and a few scuffles broke out

__Scrap:__ a short fight especially between children **+have a scrap,** eg: //Me and my sister and I have a few scraps//

__Altercation:__ (fml) a short noisy argument or fight, especially not so serious, eg: //There was a brief altercation and someone called the police//


 * A fight involving a large number of people

__Fighting:__ When a lot of people fight each other in a public place //**+**//**between,** eg: //Fighting between two rival gangs result in the death of a boy// **| Fighting breaks out** (= starts): //Fighting broke out between River and Boca fans during the match.//

__Riot:__ An uncontrolled violent fight in a public place, which involve a large number of people and usually damage to property, especially among people who are protesting about something **| A riot breaks out:** a riot broke out after the police shooting of a local man

__Battle:__ A fight between two large groups of people **+battle:** a battle between two gangs **| pitched battle:** a very violent fight

__Clash:__ A short fight between two groups of people with opossite aims and opinions **+between,** eg: //There were some clashes last night between the members of a rock band and local residents//

__Swing__//:// to try to hit someone by making a smooth curving movement with your arm. __**eg**__: //they were both swinging wildly and pressing out the snow into a pasty mud underfoot.//

__Thresh about__: to move your body in a violent, uncontrolled way. __**eg**__: //The boys treshed about and swung their arms in an effort to hit each other.//

Shot: a [|single] [|act] of shooting: "He fired one shot". stabbed : to [|injure] someone with a [|sharp] [|pointed] [|object] such as a [|knife]: She was stabbed several [|times] in the [|chest]. He was [|jailed] for 15 [|years] for stabbing his [|wife] to [|death]. beaten: to [|strike] or [|hit] [|repeatedly] :"He was [|beating] a [|large] [|drum]" burned: to be hurt, damaged, or [|destroyed] by [|fire] or [|extreme] [|heat], or to [|cause] this to [|happen]: He was [|badly] burned in the [|blaze]. Slaying: a murder