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NOUN:1. A vying with others for victory or supremacy: battle, competition, contest, corrivalry, race, rivalry, strife, striving, struggle, tug of war, warfare. See CONFLICT. 2. A state of disagreement and disharmony: clash, conflict, confrontation, contention, difference, difficulty, disaccord, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissonance, faction, friction, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, warfare. See CONFLICT. 3. A state of open, prolonged fighting: belligerency, conflict, confrontation, hostility (used in plural), strife, struggle, warfare. See CONFLICT.
VERB:To strive in opposition: battle, combat, contend, duel, fight, struggle, tilt, wrestle. See CONFLICT.
 
 
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