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RELATED WORDS : battle battle born state battle cruiser battle cry battle damage battle dress battle fatigue battle flag battle fleet battle group battle line battle of atlanta battle of austerlitz battle of boyne battle of britain battle of brunanburh battle of bull run battle of bunker hill battle of caporetto battle of chattanooga battle of chickamauga battle of cowpens battle of crecy battle of cunaxa battle of cynoscephalae battle of el alamein battle of flodden field battle of fontenoy battle of fredericksburg battle of gettysburg battle of granicus river battle of guadalcanal battle of hastings battle of hohenlinden battle of ipsus battle of issus battle of ivry battle of jena battle of jutland battle of kerbala battle of lake trasimenus battle of langside battle of lepanto battle of leuctra battle of little bighorn battle of lule burgas battle of lutzen battle of magenta battle of maldon battle of marathon battle of marston moor battle of midway battle of minden battle of monmouth battle of monmouth court house battle of naseby battle of navarino battle of omdurman battle of panipat battle of pharsalus battle of philippi battle of pittsburgh landing battle of plassey battle of plataea battle of poitiers battle of puebla battle of pydna battle of ravenna battle of rocroi battle of rossbach battle of saratoga battle of sempatch battle of shiloh battle of soissons-reims battle of solferino battle of spotsylvania courthouse battle of st mihiel battle of tannenberg battle of tertry battle of teutoburger wald battle of tewkesbury battle of the aisne battle of the ardennes bulge battle of the bismarck sea battle of the bulge battle of the chemin-des-dames battle of the coral sea battle of the little bighorn battle of the marne battle of the philippine sea battle of the somme battle of the spanish armada battle of thermopylae battle of trafalgar battle of trasimeno battle of valmy battle of verdun battle of wagram battle of wake battle of wake island battle of waterloo battle of wits battle of ypres battle of zama battle plan battle range battle royal battle sight custody battle field of battle first battle of ypres high pitched join battle line of battle naval battle pitched second battle of ypres third battle of ypres

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Noun pitched battle has 1 sense

• pitched battle(n = noun.act) - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place;
is a kind of battle, conflict, engagement, fight
has particulars: agincourt, austerlitz, battle of austerlitz, bannockburn, battle of kerbala, ardennes counteroffensive, battle of the ardennes bulge, battle of the bulge, battle of the marne, belleau wood, chateau-thierry, marne river, blenheim, borodino, bosworth field, bouvines, battle of boyne, boyne, battle of brunanburh, brunanburh, buena vista, battle of bull run, bull run, battle of bunker hill, bunker hill, cannae, battle of caporetto, caporetto, caudine forks, chaeronea, chalons, chalons-sur-marne, chancellorsville, chapultepec, battle of chattanooga, chattanooga, battle of chickamauga, chickamauga, battle of cowpens, cowpens, battle of crecy, crecy, battle of cunaxa, cunaxa, battle of cynoscephalae, cynoscephalae, al alamayn, battle of el alamein, el alamein, battle of flodden field, flodden, battle of fontenoy, fontenoy, fort ticonderoga, ticonderoga, battle of fredericksburg, fredericksburg, battle of gettysburg, gettysburg, battle of granicus river, granicus, battle of guadalcanal, guadalcanal, battle of hastings, hastings, battle of hohenlinden, hohenlinden, battle of ipsus, ipsus, battle of issus, issus, battle of ivry, ivry, ivry la bataille, battle of jena, jena, kennesaw mountain, battle of lake trasimenus, lake trasimenus, battle of langside, langside, battle of leuctra, leuctra, concord, lexington, lexington and concord, battle of lule burgas, lule burgas, battle of lutzen, lutzen, battle of magenta, magenta, battle of maldon, maldon, mantinea, mantineia, battle of marathon, marathon, marengo, battle of marston moor, marston moor, metaurus river, battle of minden, minden, battle of monmouth, battle of monmouth court house, monmouth court house, battle of naseby, naseby, battle of omdurman, omdurman, battle of panipat, panipat, battle of pharsalus, pharsalus, battle of philippi, philippi, battle of plassey, plassey, battle of plataea, plataea, battle of poitiers, poitiers, port arthur, battle of puebla, battle of pydna, pydna, battle of ravenna, ravenna, battle of rocroi, rocroi, battle of rossbach, rossbach, battle of st mihiel, saint-mihiel, st mihiel, battle of saratoga, saratoga, battle of sempatch, sempatch, battle of pittsburgh landing, battle of shiloh, shiloh, battle of soissons-reims, battle of the aisne, battle of the chemin-des-dames, soissons, battle of solferino, solferino, battle of the somme, somme, somme river, battle of the somme, somme, somme river, battle of spotsylvania courthouse, spotsylvania, battle of tannenberg, tannenberg, battle of tertry, tertry, battle of teutoburger wald, teutoburger wald, battle of tewkesbury, tewkesbury, battle of thermopylae, thermopylae, battle of trasimeno, trasimeno, battle of valmy, valmy, battle of verdun, verdun, battle of wagram, wagram, battle of waterloo, waterloo, yalu river, battle of ypres, first battle of ypres, ypres, battle of ypres, second battle of ypres, ypres, battle of ypres, third battle of ypres, ypres, battle of zama, zama

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Contention

N contention, strife, contest, contestation, struggle, belligerency, opposition, controversy, polemics, debate, war of words, logomachy, litigation, paper war, high words, sparring, competition, rivalry, corrivalry, corrivalship, agonism, concours, match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap, regatta, field day, sham fight, Derby day, turf, sporting, bullfight, tauromachy, gymkhana, boat race, torpids, wrestling, greco-roman wrestling, pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense, spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event, prize fighting, quarterstaff, single stick, gladiatorship, gymnastics, jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti, sumo, athletics, athletic sports, games of skill, shindy, fracas, clash of arms, tussle, scuffle, broil, fray, affray, affrayment, velitation, colluctation, luctation, brabble, brigue, scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash, bushfighting, free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight, conflict, skirmish, rencounter, encounter, rencontre, collision, affair, brush, fight, battle, battle royal, combat, action, engagement, joust, tournament, tilt, tilting, tournay, list, pitched battle, death struggle, struggle for life or death, life or death struggle, Armageddon, hard knocks, sharp contest, tug of war, naval engagement, naumachia, sea fight, duel, duello, single combat, monomachy, satisfaction, passage d'armes, passage of arms, affair of honor, triangular duel, hostile meeting, digladiation, deeds of arms, feats of arms, appeal to arms, pugnacity, combativeness, bone of contention, contending, together by the ears, at loggerheads, at war, at issue, competitive, rival, belligerent, contentious, combative, bellicose, unpeaceful, warlike, quarrelsome, pugnacious, pugilistic, gladiatorial, palestric, palestrical, a verbis ad verbera, a word and a blow, a very pretty quarrel as it stands, commune periculum concordiam parit, lis litem generat.

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