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Synonyms for grappling
grap·pling
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Princeton's WordNet
wrestle, wrestling, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand strugglenoun
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
"they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
Synonyms:
grappling hook, wrestling, clamshell, rassling, hand-to-hand struggle, grapple, wrestle, grappling iron, grappler, grapnelwrestling, rassling, grapplingnoun
the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down
Synonyms:
rassling, wrestling, hand-to-hand struggle, grapple, wrestle
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List of paraphrases for "grappling":
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#5741 | wrestling | |
#10480 | struggling | |
#31885 | wrestle | |
#38502 | grapple | |
#38780 | grappling | |
#41035 | clamshell | |
#108867 | grappler |
How to use grappling in a sentence?
The situation with the garbage is really bad, now we're grappling with yellow fever, but others will come.
The canton of Zug is small, and it impacts us when people with significant income and wealth move away, and Zug is currently grappling with austerity measures.
We're in the middle of this global pandemic, very serious issues that we're grappling with in terms of race and equality in this country and this is totally unnecessary, it's a distraction. Our energy and effort is better dedicated to other things.
Governments and financial institutions all around the world are grappling with the complexities associated with both monitoring and managing the reporting of suspicious activity given the huge volumes of transactions taking place every day.
Unfortunately, we are now grappling with survival.
Translations for grappling
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- تتصارعArabic
- AuseinandersetzungGerman
- aferramientoSpanish
- alle preseItalian
- lutandoPortuguese
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