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Noun
S: (n) conflict, struggle, battle (an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)) "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
S: (n) strife (bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension)
S: (n) tug-of-war (any hard struggle between equally matched groups)
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) fight, fighting, combat, 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"
S: (n) feud (a bitter quarrel between two parties)
S: (n) war, warfare (an active struggle between competing entities) "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
S: (n) conflict (opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings) "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
S: (n) battle, conflict, fight, engagement (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"
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) conflict (an incompatibility of dates or events) "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict (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"
Verb
S: (v) conflict (be in conflict) "The two proposals conflict!"
S: (v) conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene (go against, as of rules and laws) "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"