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clashing
[klash] 
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clash
[klash]
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| 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: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do not match |
| Synonyms: | be dissimilar, conflict, contrast, differ, disaccord, discord, disharmonize, mismatch, not go with |
| Antonyms: | match |
| Main Entry: | clashing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dissension |
| Synonyms: | disagreement, discord, opposition |
| Main Entry: | ambivalent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conflicting |
| Synonyms: | clashing, contradictory, debatable, doubtful, equivocal, fluctuating, hesitant, inconclusive, irresolute, mixed, opposed, uncertain, undecided, unresolved, unsure, vacillating, warring, wavering |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, resolved, settled, sure, unequivocal |
| Main Entry: | antagonism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | causing problem; opposition |
| Synonyms: | animosity, animus, antipathy, antithesis, clashing, competition, conflict, contention, contradistinction, contrariety, difference, disagreement, discord, dissension, enmity, friction, hatred, hostility, incongruity, oppugnancy, rancor, resistance, rivalry |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, harmony, rapport, sympathy, understanding |
| Main Entry: | clank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clang, clatter |
| Synonyms: | bong, clash, clink, jangle, make noise, resound, reverberate, ring, toll |
| Main Entry: | clatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crash; make racket |
| Synonyms: | bang, bluster, bump, clang, clank, clash, hurtle, noise, rattle, roar, shatter, smash |
| Main Entry: | collide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slam into |
| Synonyms: | bang, beat, break up, bump, clash, conflict, crash, crunch, disagree, fender-bend, fragment, hit, jolt, meet head-on, pile up, plow into, pulverize, scrap*, shatter, sideswipe, smash, splinter, strike, wrack up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | battle, buck, clash, contend, contest, cope, cross swords with, defy, dispute, do battle with, duel, engage, fight, go up against, oppose, put up a fight, repel, resist, shoot it out, strive, struggle, traverse, war, withstand |
| Antonyms: | agree, compromise, retreat, run, surrender |
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