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Meanings of dog fight in English

Russian
воздушный бой
Portuguese
dog-fight
Spanish
combate de ángulos
Catalan
dogfight
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Combat between aircraft, conducted at close range.

воздушный бой
Synonyms
Examples for "air fight"
Examples for "air fight"
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The soldier's attitude is often that of Captain Ball, the boy who did such wonders in the air fight:-
The Better Germany in War Time: Being Some Facts Towards Fellows...
2
Like most Air Force top guns, Maultsby firmly believed that he could "whip anybody else in an air fight."
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
3
Since we got all that working we have heard nothing of a machine gun jamming in any air fight at all....
War and the Future: Italy, France and Britain at War
4
On Sunday and Monday there were up to 11 helicopters in the air fighting the fire.
Radio NZ
5
The dark legions of Air fight for us!
The Last of the Barons — Volume 12
1
Still, this program makes one wonder about the future of aerial combat.
Wired
2
On the ground, the game is a cover-based stop-and-pop shooter; in the sky, it's free-flight aerial combat.
Wired
3
We're not equipped for aerial combat, Mazer.
Earth Afire
4
Variations of the Maxim gun also saw action in aerial combat, mounted on both Allied and German aircraft.
Wired
5
That could bring airliner-level efficiency, range and cash savings to the normally thirsty, pricey business of aerial combat.
Wired
Usage of dog fight in English
1
The monotony of his life was occasionally varied with a dog fight.
Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac
2
Conversation with the men who had taken part in the dog fight.
The new yorker
3
We're in a dog fight now and we have to win games.
BBC
4
It would be like a dog fight, with the dogs muzzled.
With Links of Steel; Or, The Peril of the Unknown
5
Then they'd settle back again till there was a dog fight.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
6
Automatically he did what he would have done to stop a dog fight.
East of eden
7
We were in a battle, we were in a dog fight.
Reuters
8
The instant oaths of anything but greeting were like overture to a dog fight.
King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
9
Then she began to tell him about the dog fight.
Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
10
Tells about the political dog fight that occurred the first day of the conference.
The new yorker
11
I do admire a man who knows what to do at a dog fight.
Three Men and a Maid
12
We knew it was going to be a dog fight.
Reuters
13
Gee, Florette wouldn't wear their clo'es to a dog fight!
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
14
There's been a big dog fight here at New Year for the last fifty years.
Nomads of the North: A Story of Romance and Adventure under the ...
15
He said there was not enough evidence to connect them to the alleged dog fight.
The Irish Times
16
It was what Marcia had suspected-anorganised dog fight.
Corduroy mansions
Translations for dog fight
Catalan
dogfight