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dogfight
(dog|fight)
Pronunciation:
/ˈdɒgfʌɪt/
noun
a close combat between military aircraft:
Sergeant Smith and a colleague were in a dogfight with an enemy aircraft
a ferocious struggle for supremacy between interested parties:
the meeting deteriorated into a dogfight
Derivatives
dogfighter
noun
dogfighting
noun
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