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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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Ukraine's State Emergency Service said Tuesday that Russian strikes on Kyiv had killed one person and wounded seven other people since the start of the day, with attacks carried out on the capital's gas stations.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
The number of products deployed or dollars spent says little about an organization’s ability to withstand an attack.

— Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of attack

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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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On Monday, Fort Smith Police Officer Jonathan Mounts and his family lost their home and belongings in a house fire, according to a Facebook post from the Fort Smith Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 39.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Some 200 emergency personnel responded, finding the plane with heavy flames and smoke from a complex engine compartment fire, the department said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

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