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fighting and combating terms
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30-Dec-2008
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| Term |
Meaning |
| alectryomachy |
cock-fighting |
| batrachomyomachy |
battle between frogs and mice; a burlesque poem attributed to Homer |
| cynartomachy |
bear-baiting using dogs |
| duomachy |
duel or fight between two people |
| gigantomachy |
war of giants against the gods |
| hieromachy |
fight or quarrel between priests |
| hoplomachy |
fighting while heavily armoured |
| iconomachy |
opposition to the worship of images or icons |
| logomachy |
contention about words or in words |
| monomachy |
single combat; a duel |
| naumachy |
mock sea-battle |
| pneumatomachy |
denial of the divinity of the Holy Ghost |
| poetomachia |
contest or quarrel among poets |
| psychomachy |
conflict between the body and the soul |
| pygmachy |
boxing; fighting with clubs |
| pyromachy |
use of fire in combat |
| skiamachy |
sham fight; shadow boxing |
| symmachy |
fighting jointly against a common enemy |
| tauromachy |
bullfighting |
| theomachy |
war amongst or against the gods |
| titanomachy |
war of the Titans against the gods |
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