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Word List: Definitions of Words for Fighting and Combat
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Well, here they are - all twenty-one of them! These words, all very obscure, refer to fighting, combat or conflict, whether actual or metaphorical, using the suffix "machy" (from the Greek <I>mache</I>, a fight). </p> <br> <div align="center"> <!-- Old Ad Code --> <!-- End Old Ad Code --> </div> <table class="words"> <col width="25%"> <tr> <Th> Word <Th> Definition <tr> <td>alectryomachy <td>cock-fighting <tr> <td>batrachomyomachy <td>battle between frogs and mice; a burlesque poem attributed to Homer <tr> <td>cynartomachy <td>bear-baiting using dogs <tr> <td>duomachy <td>duel or fight between two people <tr> <td>gigantomachy <td>war of giants against the gods <tr> <td>hieromachy <td>fight or quarrel between priests <tr> <td>hoplomachy <td>fighting while heavily armoured <tr> <td>iconomachy <td>opposition to the worship of images or icons <tr> <td>logomachy <td>contention about words or in words <tr> <td>monomachy <td>single combat; a duel <tr> <td>naumachy <td>mock sea-battle <tr> <td>pneumatomachy <td>denial of the divinity of the Holy Ghost <tr> <td>poetomachia <td>contest or quarrel among poets <tr> <td>psychomachy <td>conflict between the body and the soul <tr> <td>pygmachy <td>boxing; fighting with clubs <tr> <td>pyromachy <td>use of fire in combat <tr> <td>skiamachy <td>sham fight; shadow boxing <tr> <td>symmachy <td>fighting jointly against a common enemy <tr> <td>tauromachy <td>bullfighting <tr> <td>theomachy <td>war amongst or against the gods <tr> <td>titanomachy <td>war of the Titans against the gods </table> <br> <br> <p>I hope you have found this site to be useful. 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