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(n)
A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
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(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
(figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.
(v)
(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To become entangled or in conflict with.
(transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
A disagreement.
(transitive) To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.
(uncountable) The quality of being different.
Fighting or quarreling among the members of a single group or side.
Participation in feuds.
The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.
(adj)
Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.
A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
dispute; disputation; quarreling
Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
(countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
(obsolete) struggling, conflict, strife
A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
Acts of war.
The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
(countable) A competition.
dispute; argument
A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
(uncountable) A condition of not agreeing or concurring.
A state or other armed participant in warfare
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.
Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted.
(intransitive) To impact directly, especially if violent.
The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
The condition of being held in a state between two or more forces, which are acting in opposition to each other.
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
The action of opposing or of being in conflict.
The act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).
The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
Disputed; questioned.
Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc.
The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
A distressing or dangerous situation.
The opposite.
To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
(logic) Either of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.
A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
Anxious, worried, careworn.
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
The creation of peace or the conditions for peace.
A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
The state of being inconsistent.
Not consistent:
The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilability.
(law) The conduct of a lawsuit.
Lack of concord, agreement, harmony; disaccord.
Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable.
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden, etc.
A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.
The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.
(rugby) fly-half
(countable, uncountable) Neon signs or lights, collectively.
A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another.
(intransitive) To come into violent conflict.
An ongoing relationship between (usually two) rivals who compete for superiority.
(countable) An angry or heated dispute.
(uncountable) The state of being hostile.
A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.