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hand-to-hand

 adjective
     
hand-to-hand [only before noun]
hand-to-hand fighting is a way of fighting in which people use their hands and knives rather than guns
hand-to-hand fighting/combat etc
There was fierce hand-to-hand fighting in the streets of the city.
They were defeated in hand-to-hand combat.
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