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slåss — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  • struggle verb To make a strong, difficult effort to do, achieve, or overcome something.

Senses

slåss is used for these senses in English:

  • fight (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
  • fight (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  • struggle To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

fight — full definition

  1. verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  2. verb To struggle or campaign strongly for or against something.
  3. noun An instance of physical combat or a violent confrontation.
  4. noun A conflict, argument, or contest, not necessarily physical.
  5. noun The determination or spirit needed to keep struggling.

struggle — full definition

  1. verb To make a strong, difficult effort to do, achieve, or overcome something.
  2. noun A hard and prolonged effort or fight, often against difficult odds.

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