A battle can also be about things that are not absolutely necessary, just desirable, or about the pleasure of winning: the battle/struggle between good and evil

struggle a competition or argument between people or groups of people trying to win power or control:īattle or struggle? A struggle is always about things that seem absolutely necessary, such as life and death or freedom.

the endless battle between man and nature.

She finally won the legal battle for compensation.

battle a competition or argument between people or groups of people trying to win power or control:.

campaign a series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular social, commercial or political aim:.

These are all words for an effort made to achieve or prevent something.

She vowed to take her fight to the High Court.

The government has released new figures in the fight against crime.

a new weapon in the fight against car crime.

The government has vowed to step up the fight against crime.

The fight is on to have this brutal practice stamped out.

The fight for supremacy in the sport is on.

lawyers leading the fight for compensation for the injured workers.

the company's desperate fight for survival in a cut-throat market.

She said they would continue their fight to find a cure for AIDS.

Now he is facing his toughest fight yet-back to fitness after a series of injuries.

She died at the age of 43 after a brave fight against cancer.

Are we losing the fight against illegal drugs?.

Doctors have now joined in the fight to make this treatment available to all.

a fight/clash/brawl/scuffle breaks out.

to be in/get into/be involved in a fight/clash/brawl/scuffle.

a fight/clash/brawl/struggle/scuffle over something.

He was involved in a scuffle with a photographer.

scuffle a short and not very violent fight or struggle:.

There were no signs of a struggle at the murder scene.

struggle a fight between two people or groups of people, especially when one of them is trying to escape, or to get something from the other:.

brawl a noisy and violent fight involving a group of people, usually in a public place:.Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators.

clash ( journalism) a short fight between two groups of people:.He got into a fight with a man in the bar.

fight a situation in which two or more people try to defeat each other using physical force:.These are all words for a situation in which people try to defeat each other using physical force.

Synonyms for brave fight list