| conflict | | |
| n. (act) | 1. battle, conflict, struggle | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals).; "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" |
| ~ class struggle, class war, class warfare | conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes). |
| ~ insurrection, revolt, uprising, rebellion, rising | organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another. |
| ~ counterinsurgency, pacification | actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency. |
| ~ group action | action taken by a group of people. |
| ~ strife | bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension. |
| ~ tug-of-war | any hard struggle between equally matched groups. |
| ~ turf war | a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights.; "a turf war erupted between street gangs"; "the president's resignation was the result of a turf war with the board of directors" |
| ~ fighting, combat, fight, scrap | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" |
| ~ feud | a bitter quarrel between two parties. |
| ~ warfare, war | an active struggle between competing entities.; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. conflict | opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings.; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision" |
| ~ ambivalence, ambivalency | mixed feelings or emotions. |
| n. (act) | 3. battle, conflict, engagement, fight | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war.; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" |
| ~ military action, action | a military engagement.; "he saw action in Korea" |
| ~ armageddon | any catastrophically destructive battle.; "they called the first World War an Armageddon" |
| ~ pitched battle | a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place. |
| ~ naval battle | a pitched battle between naval fleets. |
| ~ armed combat, combat | an engagement fought between two military forces. |
| ~ war, warfare | the waging of armed conflict against an enemy.; "thousands of people were killed in the war" |
| ~ dogfight | an aerial engagement between fighter planes. |
| ~ assault | close fighting during the culmination of a military attack. |
| ~ battle of britain | the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it. |
| ~ drogheda | in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (state) | 4. conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests.; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ friction, clash | a state of conflict between persons. |
| ~ clash | a state of conflict between colors.; "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors" |
| ~ disagreement, dissonance, dissension | a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. conflict | an incompatibility of dates or events.; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings" |
| ~ incompatibility | the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination. |
| n. (linkdef) | 6. conflict | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot).; "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing" |
| ~ oppositeness, opposition | the relation between opposed entities. |
| n. (communication) | 7. conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute | a disagreement or argument about something important.; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" |
| ~ disagreement | the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing. |
| ~ collision | a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals.; "a collision of interests" |
| ~ arguing, contestation, controversy, disceptation, argument, contention, disputation, tilt | a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.; "they were involved in a violent argument" |
| ~ gap | a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations. |
| ~ dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words | an angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" |
| v. (stative) | 8. conflict | be in conflict.; "The two proposals conflict!" |
| ~ counterpoint, contrast | to show differences when compared; be different.; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities" |
| ~ collide, jar, clash | be incompatible; be or come into conflict.; "These colors clash" |
| v. (social) | 9. conflict, contravene, infringe, run afoul | go against, as of rules and laws.; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" |
| ~ breach, infract, transgress, go against, offend, violate, break | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| dispute | | |
| n. (act) | 1. contravention, dispute | coming into conflict with. |
| ~ resistance | group action in opposition to those in power. |
| v. (communication) | 2. challenge, dispute, gainsay | take exception to.; "She challenged his claims" |
| ~ call | challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of.; "call the speaker on a question of fact" |
| ~ call into question, oppugn, question | challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of.; "We must question your judgment in this matter" |
| ~ call | challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense.; "He deserves to be called on that" |
| ~ contest, repugn, contend | to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.; "They contested the outcome of the race" |
| v. (communication) | 3. altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap | have a disagreement over something.; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" |
| ~ argue, contend, debate, fence | have an argument about something. |
| ~ brawl, wrangle | to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively.; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" |
| ~ spat | engage in a brief and petty quarrel. |
| ~ polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemize | engage in a controversy.; "The two historians polemicized for years" |
| ~ fall out | have a breach in relations.; "We fell out over a trivial question" |
| tiff | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff | a quarrel about petty points. |
| ~ dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words | an angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" |
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