The phrase "a tool for fighting" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an object, method, or strategy that is employed in combat or conflict situations.
Example: "In the debate over climate change, education is a powerful tool for fighting misinformation."
Alternatives: "an instrument for combat" or "a means of resistance."
The U.B.I. is often framed as a tool for fighting poverty, but it would have other important benefits.
But their distance from the Republican right on social issues gives Mr. Obama a tool for fighting back.
He criticized media owners who were trying "to settle scores" through their publications or were using their powerful voice as "a tool for fighting government".
Mark Corallo, a spokesman for the department, said the ruling "takes away a tool for fighting terrorism that the Congress has authorized".
Sam has supported movement activists across the country to collect and use data as a tool for fighting police violence through Mapping Police Violence and to launch Campaign Zero, a comprehensive platform to end police violence.
Snowden's release of information about the NSA surveillance programs to American and European media outlets sparked an uproar over revelations last month that U.S. intelligence agencies had collected data on phone calls and other communications of Americans and foreign citizens as a tool for fighting terrorism.
To wit, a tank is a great tool for fighting a ground war, but it can't get to a ground war overseas unless it is moved by sea or is flown to its destination.
ZMapp is one of the few remaining treatments in development that has a shot at becoming a crucial tool for fighting Ebola.
Nano weapon: A gold nanoparticle enveloped in treelike polymer branches could act as a multipurpose tool for fighting cancer.
The FBI said facial-recognition technology is a valuable tool for fighting crime.
The upregulation of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) has proven to be a useful tool for fighting inflammation.
