Usually means: Speech inciting immediate physical confrontation.
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  1. fighting words: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. fighting words: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. fighting words: Wiktionary
  4. fighting words: Dictionary.com
  5. Fighting words: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. fighting words: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. fighting words: Law.com Dictionary
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  5. fighting words: Legal dictionary

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  1. fighting words: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (fighting words)

noun:  (set phrase) Aggressive remarks that foreseeably may lead to a potentially violent confrontation.
noun:  (law, crime) Words or remarks that are often considered a form of mitigation for otherwise sanctionable behavior (such as fighting).

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