Synonyms of pitched battle

pitched battle

noun

as in attack

Related Words

• attack
• single combat
• fire
• battle
• combat
• firefight
• action
• warfare
• operations
• field
• service
• hostilities
• duty

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pitched battle

The history of Hollywood is, if nothing else, a 100 Years’ War between corporate interests and creative instincts, and that pitched battle, for all its lamentable casualties, has produced the most influential cultural economy on Earth. — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023

The pitched battle weakened the Russian Army enough for two Ukrainian counterattacks in the fall to succeed, wrote the analysts, Rob Lee and Michael Kofman. — Andrew E. Kramer Nicole Tung, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023

Texas is favored to win the women’s tile, while the men’s title competition looks like a four-way, pitched battle between Florida, Texas, North Carolina A&T and Georgia when the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships begin a four-day run Wednesday at Hayward Field. — Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 June 2022

Until the rise of industrial-scale warfare, state-versus-state conflicts were apt to end after one big, pitched battle. — Mark Antonio Wright, National Review, 26 May 2022