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pitched battle

Translation

n [c]
batalla campal
The police prevented a pitched battle between the supporters of both teams
La policía evitó una batalla campal entre los seguidores de ambos equipos
(Definition of pitched battle n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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