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conflict
noun as in fight, warfare
Strong matches
collision, contention, contest, emulation, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, set-to, striving, tug-of-war
noun as in disagreement, discord
Strongest matches
animosity, competition, difference, dispute, friction, hostility, strife
Strong matches
affray, antagonism, brush, contention, contest, dance, disaccord, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, faction, flap, fray, fuss, hassle, interference, meeting, opposition, row, ruckus, run-in, set-to, variance
Weak matches
verb as in be at odds
Strong matches
brawl, clash, collide, combat, contend, contest, contrast, disaccord, discord, disharmonize, fight, interfere, jar, mismatch, oppose, romp, scrap, slug, strive, struggle, tangle
Weak matches
bump heads with, cross swords with, lock horns with, run against tide, square off with
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Example Sentences
In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.
Their claims have led to both academic controversy and localized conflict.
The two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dead.
World War II is still a long way off, but the seeds of conflict are already being sown on the continent.
So here we are with Abbas being the only one of three parties to this conflict still fighting for a two-state solution.
He must trust to his human merits, and not miracles, for his Sonship is of no value in this conflict.
The conflict in Tom's puzzled heart sharpened that evening into dreadful edges that cut him mercilessly whichever way he turned.
In her he felt again, more distinctly than before, another person—division, conflict.
The conflict of these certainties left hopeless disorder in every corner of his being.
Battle of Surcoign; British defeated by the French after a sanguinary conflict.
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On this page you'll find 202 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to conflict, such as: battle, clash, combat, competition, rivalry, and strife.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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