All knock-down-drag-out synonyms

noun knock-down-drag-out

• fight — a battle or combat.
• melee — a group of diamonds, each weighing less than 0.25 carat.
• altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
• tumult — violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar: The tumult reached its height during the premier's speech.
• brouhaha — A brouhaha is an excited and critical fuss or reaction to something.
• fray — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
• quarrel — a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
• bickering — to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
• fracas — a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.
• quandary — a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.
• spat — a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire.
• tussle — to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.
• clash — When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
• ruckus — a noisy commotion; fracas; rumpus: The losers are sure to raise a ruckus.
• skirmish — Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
• controversy — Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
• squabble — to engage in a petty quarrel.
• flap — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
• riot — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
• uproar — a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
• brawl — A brawl is a rough or violent fight.
• scuffle — to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
• free-for-all — a fight, argument, contest, etc., open to everyone and usually without rules.
• feud — fee (def 4).
• ruffle — to beat (a drum) in this manner.
• rumpus — a noisy or violent disturbance; commotion; uproar: There was a terrible rumpus going on upstairs.
• scrimmage — a rough or vigorous struggle.
• run-in — a quarrel; argument.
• affray — An affray is a noisy and violent fight, especially in a public place.
• hassle — a disorderly dispute.
• stew — to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.
• words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
• ruction — a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
• battle — A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
• broil — When you broil food, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it.
• trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
• row — record
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• set-to — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
• complication — A complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.
• miff — petulant displeasure; ill humor.
• argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
• complexity — Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way.
• involvement — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
• flack — antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
• to-do — bustle; fuss: They made a great to-do over the dinner.
• brush — A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
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• wrangle — to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
• racket — a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.