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pitched battle

noun

Definition of pitched battle

as in attack

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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 See All Example Sentences for pitched battle

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The Hope spent much of its time ferrying sailors and the wounded from other ships or ports to military hospitals, and like the Comfort, it too was attacked multiple times, though each attack failed, usually just missing the ship.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
Following the Halle synagogue attack, Germany provided 22 million euros in special federal funding for physical and technical security at Jewish sites.

— Marc Schneier, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026

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The ship also carried out underwater self-defense exercises and other drills requiring different departments to coordinate as a single combat unit.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Din defeats Moff Gideon in single combat, earning possession of the Darksaber.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026

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