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pitched battle /pɪtʃd ˈbat(ə)l /noun1A battle in which the time and place are determined beforehand, rather than a casual or chance skirmish.The ‘victories’ of the Alliance, in north and south, follow rounds of skirmishing and negotiating rather than pitched battles....- The news of their escapades be it in fleeting skirmish or pitched battles was eagerly listened to in Ireland.
- He is now, in his third age, a military historian specialising in the pitched battles of the Second World War.
1.1A violent confrontation involving large numbers of people: students engaged in pitched battles with the police...- The state responded with violence: there were pitched battles with riot police.
- In April 1981 rampaging mobs fought pitched battles with police in Brixton, south London, in scenes that shocked the nation.
- A local football derby exploded into violence when hooligans from Hull took over the bar of a Lincoln hotel and began a pitched battle with police.
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