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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) 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) trench warfare (a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other) "instead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare"
S: (n) resisting arrest (physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest)
S: (n) storm (a direct and violent assault on a stronghold)
S: (n) Battle of Britain (the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it)
S: (n) Drogheda (in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants)
W: (v) battle [Related to: battle] (battle or contend against in or as if in a battle) "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
W: (v) fight [Related to: fight] (be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight) "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
W: (v) engage [Related to: engagement] (carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)) "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
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"