slugfest

slugfest
/slug"fest'/, n. Informal.
1. a baseball game in which both teams make many runs and extra-base hits.
2. a boxing bout in which the boxers exchange powerful blows vigorously and aggressively with little care for defense.
3. an intense conflict or combat.
[1915-20; SLUG2 + -FEST]

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