conflict
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(noun) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" |
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Synonyms: battle, struggle |
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Related Words: class struggle, class war, class warfare, combat, feud, fight, fighting, group action, insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising, strife, tug-of-war, uprising, war, warfare |
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(verb) go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" |
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Synonyms: contravene, infringe, run afoul |
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Related Words: breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate |
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(verb) be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!" |
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Related Words: clash, collide, contrast, counterpoint, jar |
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(noun) an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings" |
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Related Words: incompatibility |
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(noun) opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision" |
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Related Words: ambivalence, ambivalency |
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(noun) opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing" |
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Related Words: oppositeness, opposition |
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(noun) a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" |
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Related Words: clash, cold war, disagreement, dissension, friction, state |
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(noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" |
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Synonyms: battle, engagement, fight |
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Related Words: Armageddon, Battle of Britain, Drogheda, action, armed combat, assault, combat, military action, naval battle, pitched battle |
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(noun) a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" |
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Synonyms: difference, difference of opinion, dispute |
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Related Words: arguing, argument, contention, contestation, controversy, disagreement, dustup, fight, quarrel, row, run-in, tilt, words, wrangle |
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