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hammer-and-tongsadjective marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activitythe scuffle escalated into a hammer-and-tongs fight bang-bang, blood-and-guts, convulsive, cyclonic, explosive, ferocious, fierce, furious, hot, knock-down, drag-out(or knock-down-and-drag-out), paroxysmal, rabid, rough, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, violent, volcanic barbarous, brutal, savage, viciousantagonistic, hostileaggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculentcombustible, volatileagitated, frantic, frenzied, madcataclysmal(or cataclysmic), destructive, ruinous nonviolent, peaceable, peaceful calm, halcyon, pacific, serene, tranquilnonbelligerent, unaggressive ca. 1780 |