Collocations for "fighter"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fighter" in context.
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fighter
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [jet, military, supersonic] fighter
- the (jet) fighter reaches a speed of
- is a [heavyweight, UFC, middleweight] fighter
- on the undercard for [amateur, new] fighters
- a [hungry, champion, professional, dirty, powerful, street] fighter
- a fighter for [women's rights, freedom, free speech, democracy]
- is a freedom fighter
- is a fighter and never [gives in, throws in the towel]
- informal: he's a real fighter!
- [scramble, launch, send] fighter jets
- [bombed, targeted] by fighter jets
- an [air force, experienced] fighter pilot
'fighter' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aircraft
- airplane
- cage
- canvas
- consciousness
- count
- crouch
- dispatch
- dive
- enemy
- fair
- fire
- freedom
- greedy
- hull
- hungry
- jet
- light
- lone
- mercy
- model
- pilot
- pinpoint
- plane
- pound
- prize
- punishment
- purse
- reach
- ready
- resilient
- ring
- roar
- robust
- rope
- rough
- scale
- sink
- stealth
- superior
- trademark
- unconscious
- weight
- wing