Definition of conflict

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Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.

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Encounter :: Encounter (adv.) To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth..
Tumultuous :: Tumultuous (a.) Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed..
Adverse :: Adverse (a.) Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste..
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies..
Marcionite :: Marcionite (n.) A follower of Marcion, a Gnostic of the second century, who adopted the Oriental notion of the two conflicting principles, and imagined that between them there existed a third power, neither wholly good nor evil, the Creator of the world and of man, and the God of the Jewish dispensation..
Conflicting :: Conflicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conflic.
Foul :: Foul (superl.) Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play..
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election..
Engage :: Engage (v. i.) To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle..
Inharmonious :: Inharmonious (a.) Conflicting; jarring; not in harmony.
Psychomachy :: Psychomachy (n.) A conflict of the soul with the body.
Bout :: Bout (n.) A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout..
Footfight :: Footfight (n.) A conflict by persons on foot; -- distinguished from a fight on horseback.
Urim :: Urim (n.) A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest among the ancient Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. Its nature has been the subject of conflicting conjectures..
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves..
Conflictive :: Conflictive (a.) Tending to conflict; conflicting.
Conflict :: Conflict (v. i.) To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.
Jostle :: Jostle (n.) A conflict by collisions; a crowding or bumping together; interference.
Distract :: Distract (v. t.) To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass..
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