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Antonyms for fighters

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fahy-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪ tər

Definition of fighters

Origin :
  • Old English feohtere; agent noun from fight (v.). Cf. German Fechter. Meaning "fast military airplane used for combat" is from 1917.
  • noun person engaged in hostile encounter
Example sentences :
  • The sweating bodies of the fighters glistened in the roasting sunshine.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Say, Dick, they are better runners than fighters, aren't they!
  • Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
  • Then, keeping clear of the fighters she darted around to the terrified girl.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Their job was to delay and to pull the fighters away from the bombers.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • A flight of some twenty Me fighters were diving and circling above.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • No fighters were seen until they reached the mouth of the Rhine.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • The fighters they spotted, three in number, did not try to intercept them.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • The minstrel, like the fighters, revels in hard knocks and rough jests.
  • Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie
  • All other people are for in a fight is to compel the fighters to listen to each other.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • The battle ceased from the mere weariness of the fighters once and again.
  • Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin

Synonyms for fighters

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