Thesaurus: conflict

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1. v. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
2. v. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
3. v. i. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.
4. v. i. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
5. v. i. To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
6. n. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
7. n. opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
8. n. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
9. n. a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
10. n. an incompatibility of dates or events
11. n. opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
12. n. a disagreement or argument about something important