About the use of "pit" as a verb
The killing of birds of prey by wind turbines has pitted environmentalists who champion wildlife protection against envirnmentalists who promote enewable wind energy.
what does the word "pitted" mean?

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About the use of "pit" as a verb
The killing of birds of prey by wind turbines has pitted environmentalists who champion wildlife protection against envirnmentalists who promote enewable wind energy.
what does the word "pitted" mean?

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It's a phrasal verb: "to pit against".  As Christopher explained, it is used when two sides are made to fight against each other. (Note the use of the word "champion" in the sentence as well.)

wildlife protection environmentalists = side A
renewable energy environmentalists = side B
the killing of birds = the cause

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It means they are fighting each other like two cocks in a pit.

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Environmentalists and Defenders of Wildlife, always lose the battle against the destroyers of the world. So we are as we are.
Is a pity.
It does not matter here the meaning of words.

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I PITy you. :P

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http://dict.youdao.com/search?q=pit&ue=utf8&keyfrom=dict.index 

使互斗；使竞争： 
be pitted A against B

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