brawler

as in fighter
a person who takes part in a dispute every couple has marital problems, but those two are heavyweight brawlers in a seriously dysfunctional relationship

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Noun
  • Later in the day, Trump also offered praise for Zelenskyy and Ukrainian fighters' valor on the battlefield.
    Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • What begins as a crime drama, Life After Fighting follows Foster’s martial-arts teacher Alex, who, forced into retirement because of an injury, has found a purpose in training the fighters of tomorrow.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The defendant has been arrested multiple times for theft over the last 13 years, according to reports.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
  • His attorneys want to address any investigative statements by the FBI agent before her testimony, as well as the prosecutors’ assertion that the defendant could not be extradited from Israel.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The plaintiffs seek to prevent the board from taking any action in its plan to split the district.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2025
  • On Friday, the plaintiffs asked Judge Chuang to block DOGE representatives from combing through U.S.A.I.D. data and systems, as a method of short-term relief.
    Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The prelims will feature three bouts featuring fighters from Australia, so the crowd will be rocking, cheering on the local scrappers.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
  • That scrapper, his out-of-season t-shirt, the playground and the flashed Playboy...
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • However, if the harassment or dispute is simply two neighbors being un-neighborly toward each other, the HOA’s best response may be to offer a volunteer board member to meet with the disputants to try to host a discussion between them.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
  • In this and other such statements, the United States projects an aura of neutrality -- even suggesting, on occasion, that the country could serve as a good-faith mediator between disputants.
    Michael T. Klare, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2013
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“Brawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brawler. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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