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Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..

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..

Tie :: Tie (v. t.) To make an equal score with, in a contest; to be even with..

Quarrel :: Quarrel (n.) Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation..

Agonistical :: Agonistical (a.) Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural..

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

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

Brangle :: Brangle (n.) A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.

Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides..

Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.

Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..

Battle :: Battle (v. t.) A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life..

Field :: Field (n.) A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting..

Prize :: Prize (n.) A contest for a reward; competition.

Victory :: Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat..

Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest..

Decisive :: Decisive (a.) Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.

Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.

Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit..

Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Contest; struggle; quarrel.

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