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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"

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"

engagement, involvement, participation

n. the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"

affray, altercation, fracas

n. noisy quarrel

grumble, grumbling, rumble, rumbling

n. a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder"

hostilities, war, hot war, state of war

n. a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"

hostility, antagonism, enmity

n. a state of deep-seated ill-will

contest

n. a struggle between rivals

clack, clack valve

n. a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction

roll, peal

n. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

force, strength, forcefulness

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

bankruptcy

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

roar

n. the sound made by a lion

roll, paradiddle, drum roll

n. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

fence, debate, contend, argue

v. have an argument about something

dispute, quarrel, argufy, altercate, have a quarrel

v. have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"

contest, contend, repugn

v. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"

war, make war, wage war

v. make or wage war

hit, knock, bump

v. "My car bumped into the tree"

crash, fall violently

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

jar, shake up, shock physically, bump around

v. shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"

differ

v. be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"

discord, disagree, disaccord

v. be different from one another

deviate, vary, depart, diverge, be out of line with

v. be at variance with; be out of line with

vary

v. be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"

concur, agree

v. be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"

miss

v. fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"

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