ready to fight

ADJECTIVE

fighting

Synonyms

STRONG

battling belligerent boxing brawling contending determined fencing hostile jousting martial militant skirmishing sparring tilting warmongering wrestling

WEAK

angry argumentative bellicose combative contentious disputatious disputative ferocious hawkish jingoistic militaristic pugnacious quarrelsome resolute scrappy truculent unbeatable under arms up in arms

Antonyms

STRONG

kind nice peaceful

WEAK

peaceloving

ADJECTIVE

pugnacious

Synonyms

WEAK

aggressive antagonistic argumentative bellicose brawling cantankerous chip on shoulder choleric combative contentious defiant disputatious have a bone to pick hot-tempered irascible irritable itching to fight militant petulant pushing pushy quarrelsome rebellious salty scrappy self-assertive truculent warlike

Antonyms

WEAK

easygoing kind laid-back nice

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ready to fight

People familiar with the case said Justice Department attorneys were ready to fight the Justices’ lawyers over the subpoenas.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

While stock markets dazzled investors in April, largely neglected cryptocurrencies seem ready to fight for the limelight in May.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

Cooper is currently attending the Munich Security Conference alongside Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, where the pair have been calling for European allies to be ready to fight, particularly against threats from Russia.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

In May 1940, President Roosevelt tapped William Knudsen of General Motors to get America ready to fight a modern war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025

Please God, out of this New England soil such men would forever rise up ready to fight when need came.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

ready to fight

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