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fighting words
noun as in threatening words
Weak matches
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Among these are obscenity, defamation, fighting words, express incitement to unlawful conduct, and threats.
Fighting words like those that propelled his team to the top of the industry, but it looks like that drive might have been sapped.
Cruz, who certainly considers himself Hispanic, had fighting words in response.
Those are fighting words in a nearly half-Latino city where Tex-Mex restaurants outnumber all others.
Obviously, a federal judge so inclined could very easily find that the offensive name constitutes fighting words or slander.
He knew that even knuckling down, and changing from man to worm to take back his fighting words, couldn't do any good.
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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fighting words, such as: taunt, terms of disparagement, and threat.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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