bitter fighting
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
Fighting characterized by deep animosity and resentment.
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- The bitter fighting between the rival factions lasted for months.
- After years of bitter fighting, both sides agreed to a ceasefire.
- Bitter fighting broke out when negotiations collapsed.
- The civil war was marked by bitter fighting in the countryside.
- Refugees fled the region to escape the bitter fighting.
- The bitter fighting left thousands of casualties on both sides.
- Despite the bitter fighting, neither army could gain the upper hand.
- The ceasefire ended three weeks of bitter fighting.
- Bitter fighting resumed after peace talks failed.
- The city was destroyed during months of bitter fighting.