Definition of strife

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Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..

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Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Engender :: Engender (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife..
Theomachy :: Theomachy (n.) A battle or strife among the gods.
Concertation :: Concertation (n.) Strife; contention.
Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes..
Contestation :: Contestation (n.) The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.
Contention :: Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention..
Strife :: Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
Bury :: Bury (v. t.) To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife..
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..
Mutiny :: Mutiny (n.) Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses..
Seditious :: Seditious (a.) Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words..
Odds :: Odds (a.) Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.
Loosestrife :: Loosestrife (n.) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers..
Conflict :: Conflict (v. i.) To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
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