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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | competitive fight |
| Synonyms: | bat, battle, boxing match, competition, contest, encounter, engagement, go, match, round, set-to, struggle |
| Main Entry: | bump into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
| Synonyms: | chance upon, come across, encounter, hit, light, light upon, luck, meet, meet up with, run across, run into, stumble, tumble |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | find out, discover |
| Synonyms: | descry, detect, encounter, expose, hit upon, meet with, spot, surprise, take unawares, turn up, unmask |
| Antonyms: | miss, misunderstand |
| 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: | fight about, often verbally |
| Synonyms: | argue, bang heads, battle, brawl, buck, combat, conflict, contend, cross swords, differ, disagree, encounter, feud, fret, gall, grapple, grate, mix it up, quarrel, raise Cain, row, try, war, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join, unite |
| Synonyms: | agree, bind, chain, coalesce, come together, connect, couple, encounter, fuse, grapple, inclose, meet, put together, tie, tie up |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disunite, open |
| Main Entry: | collision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident |
| Synonyms: | blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, crash, demolishment, destruction, dilapidation, encounter, fender bender, head-on, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, percussion, pileup, rap, ruin, shock, sideswipe, slam, smash, strike, thud, thump, wreck |
| Main Entry: | combat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle |
| Synonyms: | action, affray, battle royal, brush, brush-off, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, flap, fray, jackpot, mix-up, run-in, service, shoot-out, skirmish, struggle, war, warfare |
| Antonyms: | accord, compromise, peace, retreat, surrender, truce |
| Main Entry: | come on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | appear, enter |
| Synonyms: | begin, come across, come into, come upon, encounter, meet, pass in, set foot in, take place |
| Antonyms: | depart, exit, go, leave |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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