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

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

Strived :: Strive (n.) Strife; contention.

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

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

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

Outcast :: Outcast (n.) A quarrel; a contention.

Brigue :: Brigue (n.) A cabal, intrigue, faction, contention, strife, or quarrel..

Tiff :: Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.

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

Bateful :: Bateful (a.) Exciting contention; contentious.

Dissension :: Dissension (n.) Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel..

Contention :: Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention..

Emulation :: Emulation (n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

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

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

Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth..

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..

Bickerment :: Bickerment (n.) Contention.

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

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