| alectryomachy | cock-fighting |
| cynartomachy | bear-baiting using dogs |
| duomachy | a duel or fight between two people |
| gigantomachy | a war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven |
| hieromachy | a war between members of the clergy |
| hoplomachy | fighting while heavily armoured |
| iconimachy | hostility to the worship of images or icons |
| logomachy | a battle of words; a dispute about words |
| monomachy | single combat; a duel |
| naumachy | a mock sea battle put on by the Ancient Romans; a naval spectacle |
| pneumatomachy | denial of the divinity of the Holy Ghost |
| poetomachy | a contest or quarrel among poets |
| psychomachy | conflict between the body and the soul |
| pygmachy | boxing; fighting with clubs |
| pyromachy | use of fire in combat |
| sciamachy | fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat |
| symmachy | fighting jointly against a common enemy |
| tauromachy | the art or act of bullfighting |
| theomachy | war amongst or against the gods, as in the Homeric poems |
| titanomachy | the war of the Titans against the Olympians |
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