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S: (n) conflict (conflict%1:04:00::), struggle (struggle%1:04:02::), battle (battle%1:04:02::) (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 (conflict%1:12:00::) (opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings) "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
S: (n) battle (battle%1:04:00::), conflict (conflict%1:04:01::), fight (fight%1:04:01::), engagement (engagement%1:04:01::) (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 (conflict%1:26:00::) (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 (conflict%1:07:00::) (an incompatibility of dates or events) "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
S: (n) conflict (conflict%1:24:00::) (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 (dispute%1:10:00::), difference (difference%1:10:00::), difference of opinion (difference_of_opinion%1:10:00::), conflict (conflict%1:10:00::) (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"

S: (v) conflict (conflict%2:42:00::) (be in conflict) "The two proposals conflict!"

S: (v) conflict (conflict%2:41:11::), run afoul (run_afoul%2:41:11::), infringe (infringe%2:41:00::), contravene (contravene%2:41:00::) (go against, as of rules and laws) "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"