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n. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"

debate, disputation, public debate

n. the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)

variance, division

n. discord that splits a group

affray, altercation, fracas

n. noisy quarrel

engagement, fight, battle

n. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

fight, combat, fighting

n. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"

discord, dissension

n. disagreement among those expected to cooperate

strife

n. bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

argumentative, contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious

adj. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"

polemic, polemical

adj. of or involving dispute or controversy

uncooperative

adj. unwilling to cooperate; "an uncooperative witness"

hostile

adj. unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business); "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid"

belligerent, aggressive

adj. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

fractious, cranky, irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

discrepant, at variance

adj. not in accord; "desires at variance with his duty"; "widely discrepant statements"

dissentious, divisive, factious

adj. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

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