Another word for fencing
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Noun
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- To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
- To engage in a boxing match.
- To engage in a quarrel; argue:
- A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals:
- A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges:
- To compete or strive for; struggle to gain or control:
- A prearranged, formal combat between two persons, usually fought to settle a point of honor.
- A struggle for domination between two contending persons, groups, or ideas.
- To engage (another) in or as if in formal combat.
- A heavy cavalry sword with a one-edged, slightly curved blade.
- A light dueling or fencing sword having an arched guard covering the hand and a tapered flexible blade with a cutting edge on one side and on the tip.
- To hit, injure, or kill with a saber.
- the skill of using a sword
- The act or art of using a sword, as in fencing.
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of foil
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