Fistfight and Grapple

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Fistfight noun - A fight with bare fists.

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Grapple and fistfight are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grapple" instead a noun "Fistfight".

Grapple noun - The act or manner of holding.

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Fistfight and grapple are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fistfight" instead a noun "Grapple".

Nearby Words: grappled, grappling

He ultimately dies from it: When Sherlock goads him into a complex fistfight in their heads, he falls a third time to Sherlock feigning defeatism, this time for a simple attack comprising of a faceful of pipe embers and a grapple sending them over the ledge into the waterfalls.

Source: Film / Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

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