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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) insurgency, insurgence (an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict)
S: (n) intifada, intifadah (an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000) "the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993"
S: (n) mutiny (open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers))
S: (n) Peasant's Revolt, Great Revolt (a widespread rebellion in 1381 against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England; suppressed by Richard II)
S: (n) Indian Mutiny, Sepoy Mutiny (discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow))
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) duel, affaire d'honneur (a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor)
S: (n) war, warfare (an active struggle between competing entities) "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
S: (n) drug war (conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs)
S: (n) trench warfare (a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win) "the hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare"
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"