slugfest
noun
slug·fest
ˈsləg-ˌfest 
: a fight marked by the exchange of heavy blows
also
: a heated dispute
a vocal slugfest
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The game started as a defensive slugfest, then picked up in the latter stages of the first half.
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Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
Expect this to be a low-scoring slugfest, with a few explosive plays from the Buckeyes’ offensive stars making the difference.
—The Athletic College Football Staff, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, wars between leading powers—the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the world wars—were protracted slugfests.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2021
Sunday’s slugfest in front of a sellout crowd of 19,812 was far from pretty.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
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Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
Expect this to be a low-scoring slugfest, with a few explosive plays from the Buckeyes’ offensive stars making the difference.
—The Athletic College Football Staff, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, wars between leading powers—the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the world wars—were protracted slugfests.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2021
Sunday’s slugfest in front of a sellout crowd of 19,812 was far from pretty.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Slugfest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slugfest. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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