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Squid :: Squib (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate..

Squabble :: Squabble (v. i.) To debate peevishly; to dispute.

Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

Close :: Close (v. i.) To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock..

Cool :: Cool (superl.) Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater..

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

Moot :: Moot (v. t.) To argue for and against; to debate; to discuss; to propose for discussion.

Protraction :: Protraction (n.) A drawing out, or continuing; the act of delaying the termination of a thing; prolongation; continuance; delay; as, the protraction of a debate..

Conclusive :: Conclusive (a.) Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision..

Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate..

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

Moot :: Moot (v.) A discussion or debate; especially, a discussion of fictitious causes by way of practice..

Cause :: Cause (v.) Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate.

Issue :: Issue (n.) A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.

Declaim :: Declaim (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant..

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..

Athlete :: Athlete (n.) One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate..

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.

Lyceum :: Lyceum (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement.

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