Definition of slugfest
: a fight marked by the exchange of heavy blows; also : a heated dispute a vocal slugfest
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The upper-deck shots by Duda weren't the longest in this slugfest.
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This equivocation within the conservative community is manifesting itself in a slugfest online.
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1916
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1916
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