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Bellicose :: Bellicose (a.) Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious.

Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..

Firebrand :: Firebrand (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary..

Polemy :: Polemy (n.) Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition..

Altercation :: Altercation (n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.

Embroil :: Embroil (v. t.) To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.

Concertation :: Concertation (n.) Strife; contention.

Brawl :: Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl..

Broil :: Broil (n.) A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state..

Debatefully :: Debatefully (adv.) With contention.

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute..

Contest :: Contest (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with..

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.

Chest :: Chest (n.) Strife; contention; controversy.

Debateful :: Debateful (a.) Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.

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

Word :: Word (n.) Verbal contention; dispute.

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention..

Debatable :: Debatable (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question..

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