struggle
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(noun) strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her" |
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Related Words: effort, elbow grease, exertion, grapple, grappling, hand-to-hand struggle, sweat, travail, wrestle, wrestling |
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(noun) an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition" |
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Synonyms: battle |
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Related Words: attempt, duel, effort, endeavor, endeavour, joust, scramble, scuffle, tilt, try |
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(verb) to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope" |
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Related Words: fight, scuffle, struggle, tussle, wrestle |
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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, conflict |
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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) be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other;" "Siblings are always fighting" |
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Synonyms: fight |
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Related Words: assail, attack, bandy, battle, bear down, box, chicken fight, combat, defend, duel, engage, fence, feud, fight, fight back, fight down, fistfight, get back, join battle, joust, oppose, scuffle, settle, skirmish, spar, struggle, tourney, tug, tussle, wage, war |
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(verb) make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" |
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Synonyms: fight |
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Related Words: assay, attempt, drive, essay, flounder, labor, labour, push, seek, try, tug |
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(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling |
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Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter |
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Related Words: climb |
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