pitched battle

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ˌpitched ˈbattle noun [countableC]

1 WARa big battle between armies or large groups of people 阵地战，对阵战

a pitched battle between the rival groups

敌对方之间的阵地战

2 ARGUEan angry and usually long argument 激烈的长期争执[辩论]

She wanted to avoid another pitched battle with her son.

她想避免和儿子再次激烈争论。

→ skirmish

Examples from the Corpus

pitched battle• After a pitched battle, no less than 29 of the gang were arrested.• The month before, the Metropolitans had fought a pitched battle with their rivals for control of City Hall.• All three companies are in a pitched battle over who invented the technology.• Our country is engaged in a pitched battle in a fiercely competitive commercial world.• Thirty students were injured in a pitched battle with police.• I had expected rage, flying pupusas, a pitched battle.• She so much wanted to avoid another pitched battle with her son.• The other type of offence involved in effect a preconceived and premeditated pitched battle, often accompanied by the use of weapons.

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