Definition of strife

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Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.

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Ostriferous :: Ostriferous (a.) Producing oysters; containing oysters.
Engender :: Engender (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife..
Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..
Vie :: Vie (n.) A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager..
Theomachy :: Theomachy (n.) A battle or strife among the gods.
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..
Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass..
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 (v. i.) To fall into strife; to quarrel.
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..
Loosestrife :: Loosestrife (n.) Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers..
Willow-weed :: Willow-weed (n.) A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).
Promote :: Promote (v. i.) To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person..
Loosestrife :: Loosestrife (n.) The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color..
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress..
Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
Bury :: Bury (v. t.) To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife..
Strife :: Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
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