pitched battle

A volatile fight or argument. There was a pitched battle between both political parties before the election.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Keane	-	Irish
Kazuko	kah-zoo-ko	Japanese
Dunlap	['dunlæp]
Anastasiya	ah-nah-stah-SEE-yah (Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
DieudonnÉE	dyuu-do-NE	French
Rolando	ro-LAHN-do (Spanish)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese