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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contest |
| Synonyms: | battle, fight, game, play, practice, row, scrabble, scuffle, skirmish |
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement or fight, often brief |
| Synonyms: | affray, argument, battle, brawl, break, broil, brush, bump, collision, concussion, conflict, confrontation, crash, difference of opinion, discord, discordance, disharmony, dispute, donnybrook, embroilment, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, have a go at each other, impact, jam, jar, jolt, jump, melee, misunderstanding, mix up, opposition, rift, riot, row, rumpus, run-in, rupture, scrap, scrimmage, set-to, shock, showdown, skirmish, smash, wallop |
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with a loud noise |
| Synonyms: | bang, bump, clang, clank, clatter, collide, crash, grate, grind, jangle, jar, jolt, prang, rattle, scrap, scrimmage, shock, smash, wallop |
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical encounter |
| Synonyms: | action, affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal, bout, brawl, broil, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, controversy, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dogfight, duel, engagement, exchange, feud, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, fuss, hostility, joust, match, melee, quarrel, riot, rivalry, round, row, ruckus, rumble, scrap*, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, skirmish, sparring match, strife, struggle, tiff, to-do, tussle, war, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fighting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle, encounter |
| Synonyms: | argument, battle royal, beef, bloodshed, blowup, bout, brannigan, brawling, brush, combat, conflict, contention, dispute, donnybrook, exchange, flap, fracas, free-for-all, go, hassle, hell broke loose, hostility, joust, match, melee, mix, punch out, riot, roughhouse, row, rowdy, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scramble, scrap*, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, spat, strife, struggle, tiff, war, warfare, words, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | ceasefire, peace, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fracas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disturbance, fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, altercation, battle, battle royal, bickering, brawl, broil, brouhaha, dispute, donnybrook, feud, flap, fray, free-for-all, hassle, knock-down-drag-out, melee, mix up, quarrel, riot, row, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, run-in, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, squabble, stew, trouble, tumult, uproar, words |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | melee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle, fight |
| Synonyms: | affray, battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha*, brush, clash, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, knock-down-drag-out, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, skirmish, to-do, tussle, words |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tilt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | attack, bout, clash, collision, combat, conflict, contest, duel, encounter, fracas, joust, meet, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, skirmish, struggle, tournament, tourney, tussle |
| Antonyms: | agreement, surrender |
| Main Entry: | tourney |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tilt |
| Synonyms: | attack, bout, clash, collision, combat, conflict, contest, duel, encounter, fracas, joust, meet, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, skirmish, struggle, tournament, tussle |
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