| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, argument, bicker, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. Informal : hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See CONFLICT. 2. A brief, hostile exposure to or contact with something such as danger or opposition: brush2, encounter, run-in, skirmish. See TOUCH. 3. A loud striking together: crash, smash. See SOUNDS. 4. A state of disagreement and disharmony: conflict, confrontation, contention, difference, difficulty, disaccord, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissonance, faction, friction, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war, warfare. See CONFLICT. | | VERB: | 1. To strike together with a loud, harsh noise: crash, smash. See SOUNDS. 2. To fail to be in accord: conflict, contradict, disaccord, discord, jar. Idioms: go (or run) counter to. See AGREE.
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