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Contender :: Contender (n.) One who contends; a contestant.

Contestant :: Contestant (n.) One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.

Brabble :: Brabble (n.) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.

Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.

Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

Agony :: Agony (n.) Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane..

Controvert :: Controvert (v. t.) To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

Disputation :: Disputation (v. i.) The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument..

Contested :: Contested (imp. & p. p.) of Contes.

Bet :: Bet (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager..

Pull :: Pull (n.) Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull..

Game :: Game (n.) To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble..

Vexed :: Vexed (a.) Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question..

Cockfight :: Cockfight (n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.

Over :: Over (prep.) Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto..

Forensic :: Forensic (n.) An exercise in debate; a forensic contest; an argumentative thesis.

Worst :: Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit..

Set-to :: Set-to (n.) A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like..

Contend :: Contend (v. t.) To struggle for; to contest.

Hard-fought :: Hard-fought (a. Vigorously) contested; as, a hard-fought battle..

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