noun
• an energetic attempt to achieve something
• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
• strenuous effort
verb
• make a strenuous or labored effort
• to exert strenuous effort against opposition
• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
noun
• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
• an energetic attempt to achieve something
• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
verb
• battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
noun
• an engagement fought between two military forces
• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
verb
• battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
noun
• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
• opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
• a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
• an incompatibility of dates or events
• opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
• a disagreement or argument about something important
noun
• noisy quarrel
noun
• a loud resonant repeating noise
• a state of conflict between persons
• a state of conflict between colors
• a minor short-term fight
verb
• crash together with violent impact
• be incompatible; be or come into conflict
• disagree violently
noun
• a bold challenge
• discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions
• a hostile disagreement face-to-face
• the act of hostile groups opposing each other
• a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison
noun
• a point asserted as part of an argument
• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
• the act of competing as for profit or a prize
noun
• an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
• a struggle between rivals
verb
• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
noun
• a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
• a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
• the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
noun
• the act of competing as for profit or a prize
noun
• disorderly fighting
• a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling
• an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
verb
• walk by dragging one's feet
• fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
noun
• a minor short-term fight
verb
• engage in a skirmish
noun
• the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
• an active struggle between competing entities
• a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
verb
• make or wage war
noun
• the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
• an active struggle between competing entities
verb
• try to stir up public opinion
• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
• move very slightly
• move or cause to move back and forth
• change the arrangement or position of
noun
• a race between candidates for elective office
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
• several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
• an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)
verb
• run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
• go on a campaign; go off to war
noun
• an aggressive willingness to compete
verb
• maintain or assert
• have an argument about something
• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
• compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
noun
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
• any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
verb
• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
• go on a crusade; fight a holy war