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Answer for the clue "Dirty tactic in a fight ", 8 letters:
headbutt

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward. vb. To deliver a sharp blow by driving the head into an opponent or object. ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Headbutt is a sculpture by the French artist Adel Abdessemed . It is 5 m (16.4 ft) tall and made from bronze . It was unveiled on 26 September 2012 at the Centre Pompidou in Paris , France .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also head-butt , by 1946 (v.), from head (n.) + butt (v.). As a noun, recorded by 1967.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I feel dreadful and lurch forward to headbutt the door. ▪ She claimed that one of them went to headbutt the man.

Usage examples of headbutt.

Later in the night, a driving rain that seemed to be headbutting the orphanage awakened Jonah.

And while the third was still raising his ax, Owen stepped forward, grabbed two handfuls of the man's shirtfront, and headbutted him in the face.

Atreus grabbed the first by the shirt andslammed him into the second, then brought the first one forward again and headbutted him.

Then there are his mind-boggling headbutts, which usually finish off even the most headstrong opponents.

Sweeps, parries, counters, grapples, throws, headbutts and gymnastic contortions that bent an opponent's attack back on himself.