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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

Example Sentences

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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

Building the nation's resilience went beyond strengthening the military and "more people being ready to fight for their country", and included harnessing the UK's universities, energy and manufacturing industries, and the NHS.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

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

As the Japanese tightened their grip on the Philippines, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered General MacArthur to leave the Philippines and relocate to Australia so General MacArthur could regroup, strategize, and return, ready to fight.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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