I saw hand-to-hand combat only one time. Once in real life. And a thousand times in dreams. One who says there is nothing to fear from war knows nothing about war.
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Hand-to-hand
Synonyms for "hand-to-hand"
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18 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- αὐτοσχεδόν adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
- ἀγχέμαχος adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
- ἀγχιμαχητής adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 肉搏 adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
- 肉薄 adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
Finnish
1 entries- lähi adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
French
1 entries- corps à corps adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
Italian
2 entries- all'arma bianca adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
- corpo a corpo adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
Macedonian
1 entries- рако́пашен adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
Māori
3 entries- taumātakitahi adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
- tautakitahi adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
- tautaumātakitahi adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
Polish
1 entries- wręcz adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
Portuguese
1 entries- corpo a corpo adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
Spanish
2 entries- a cuerpo adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
- cuerpo a cuerpo adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
Tagalog
1 entries- mano-mano adj (fighting done within reach rather than at range)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The Americans and the French began attacking the British with cannons. Then they fought the British soldiers hand-to-hand. Cornwallis knew he had no chance to win without more troops. He surrendered to George Washington on October seventeenth, seventeen eighty-one.
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The warriors trained tirelessly, perfecting their combat techniques as they went hand-to-hand in their daily sparring sessions.
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soldiers trained in hand-to-hand combat
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