Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) struggle, battle (an energetic attempt to achieve something) "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"
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) struggle (strenuous effort) "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"
Verb
S: (v) fight, struggle (make a strenuous or labored effort) "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"
S: (v) struggle (to exert strenuous effort against opposition) "he struggled to get free from the rope"
S: (v) contend, fight, struggle (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"
S: (v) battle, combat (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"
S: (v) attack, assail (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with) "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
S: (v) duel (fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman) "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"
S: (v) joust (joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback)