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pitched battles

pitched battles is the plural of pitched battle.

Meaning of pitched battle

Noun

pitched battle (plural pitched battles)

  1. A battle which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; a sustained, intense and confrontational fight.
    • Have I not in a pitched battle heard / Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets' clang?c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    set-piece battle
  2. (broadly) An intense, rancorous argument or confrontation.
    • At every post where we changed horses and drivers, we had a pitched battle with the driver for more money than we had been told was the regular rate.1889, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 13, in The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe

Questions about pitched battles

What is pitched battles the plural of?
Pitched battles is the plural of pitched battle.

Words near pitched battles in the dictionary

  1. pitched a tantrum
  2. pitched a tent
  3. pitched and paid
  4. pitched around
  5. pitched battle
  6. pitched battles
  7. pitched camp
  8. pitched in
  9. pitched into
  10. pitched market
  11. pitched markets

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