| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. Informal : hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See CONFLICT. 2. A physical conflict involving two or more: fistfight, fisticuffs, scrap2, scuffle, tussle. Slang : rumble. See CONFLICT. 3. The power or will to fight: bellicoseness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, truculence, truculency. See CONFLICT. | | VERB: | 1. To engage in a quarrel: argue, bicker, contend, dispute, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle. Informal : hassle, tangle. Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns. See CONFLICT. 2. To strive in opposition: battle, combat, contend, duel, struggle, tilt, war, wrestle. See CONFLICT.
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