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/ˈdɒɡ.faɪt/ · noun
(aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters..
The two bi-planes swirled around each other like angry wasps in a violent dogfight.
Missiles exhausted, the pilot was forced to close and dogfight with his opponent.
Use dog fight when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dog fight means (aviation, military) A twisting turning battle between two or more military aircraft, especially between fighters..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The two bi-planes swirled around each other like angry wasps in a violent dogfight.
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