noun
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boxing combat at close quarters in which proper blows are inhibited and the fighters try to wear down each other's strength
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intense competition, as between members of the same organization, esp when kept secret from outsiders
Other Word Forms
- infighter noun
Etymology
Origin of infighting
Example Sentences
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Yet Brother offered the setting for a creative reflowering — arguably the band’s final moment of unity before the start of years of more serious infighting.
From Los Angeles Times
Can we really not just laugh this off as a fun show of infighting on the too-online right?
From Slate
But the brothers have also taken advantage of the infighting to seize territory and control of areas.
From Los Angeles Times
As Mrie recounts, Syrian democratic idealism curdled over time into infighting and worse.
From Los Angeles Times
She told waiting reporters she harboured "no hard feelings" towards the new leader although, in an apparent jab at the infighting she has endured, she added that it was important he get "clear air, something that is not always afforded to leaders".
From BBC
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