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pitched battle

  1. a battle in which placement of troops and the line of combat are relatively fixed before the action
  2. a closely fought battle of great intensity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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