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 Translation for 'heavy fighting' from English to French
mil.
combat {m} intense
heavy fighting
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combat {m} acharné
heavy fighting
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combattant {adj} {pres-p}fighting
mil.
combat {m}
fighting
rage {f} de vaincrefighting spirit
dr.
lutte {f} contre la criminalité
crime fighting
orn.
coq {m} de combat
fighting cock
hist.sport
combat {m} concerté
prize fighting
en pleine forme {adj}fighting fit
PoSauv.
lutte {f} contre l'incendie
fire fighting
aimer la bagarreto like fighting
mil.
reprendre le combat
to resume fighting
combativité {f}fighting spirit
mil.
combat {m} de rue
street fighting
PoSauv.transp.
camion {m} de pompiers
fire-fighting vehicle
occup.orn.
coqueleux {m} [belge] [éleveur de coqs de combat]
(fighting) cock breeder
mil.
répit {m} dans les combats
lull in fighting
être en pleine formeto be fighting fit [idiom]
mil.
cessation {f} des combats
end to the fighting
filmF
Alerte aux marines
The Fighting Seabees [Edward Ludwig]
mil.
au plus fort de la bataille {adv}
in the thick of the fighting
être aux abois [loc.]to be fighting a losing battle [idiom]
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Usage Examples English
  • After eight months of heavy fighting the last Allied soldiers withdrew by 9 January 1916.
  • Many countries subsequently closed their missions due to instability and heavy fighting in Kabul after the Soviet withdrawal in 1989.
  • Built by Vauban between 1667 and 1672, the Citadel has been nicknamed "La belle inutile" (the beautiful useless one) by residents as it has never been directly involved in heavy fighting and didn't prevent the Germans from occupying the city in either World War.
  • The heavy fighting left thousands dead on both sides and many more wounded.
  • On 10 May 2008, the Darfur rebel group of the Justice and Equality Movement moved into the city where they engaged in heavy fighting with Sudanese government forces.

  • Following deep reconnaissance missions in the region by the 3rd Cavalry Group and units of the 1139 Engineer Combat Group, and after heavy fighting in and around the city, Chartres was liberated, on 18 August 1944, by the U.S.
  • After two days of heavy fighting most of the city had fallen to the insurrectionists and the surviving federal soldiers had withdrawn to their barracks.
  • There was heavy fighting in Cyrenaica during World War II on the part of the Allies against the Italian Army and the Nazi German Afrika Korps.
  • As the result of heavy fighting in 1945, over 60% of the city was destroyed.
  • The Civil War and the heavy fighting around the city caused significant damage.

  • During the Second Battle of Marne there was heavy fighting throughout the last days of July 1918.
  • During the Second World War, it saw heavy fighting between Allied Paratroopers, British XXX Corps and the German II SS Panzer Corps, at the Battle of Arnhem.
  • Copenhagen is often considered to be Nelson's hardest-fought battle, surpassing even the heavy fighting at Trafalgar.
  • The heavy fighting forced the entire population to flee.
  • The German/Italian armoured corps infantry attack was stopped in very heavy fighting.

  • Allied air raids in 1944 and heavy fighting between the German and Soviet armies destroyed 65% of Stettin's buildings and almost all of the city centre, the seaport, and local industries.
  • On November 2 (15), 1917, after heavy fighting, Soviet power was established in Moscow.
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