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Words with a similar base: conflict

'conflict'

[conflict.n.01] as in: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); --Thomas Paine

Examples:
the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph
police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs

'conflict'

[conflict.n.02] as in: opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

Examples:
he was immobilized by conflict and indecision

'conflict'

[battle.n.01] as in: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

Examples:
Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement

'conflict'

[conflict.n.04] as in: a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

Examples:
his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post
a conflict of loyalties

'conflict'

[conflict.n.05] as in: an incompatibility of dates or events

Examples:
he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings

'conflict'

[conflict.n.06] as in: opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

Examples:
this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing

'conflict'

[dispute.n.01] as in: a disagreement or argument about something important

Examples:
he had a dispute with his wife
there were irreconcilable differences
the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats

'conflict'

[conflict.v.01] as in: be in conflict

Examples:
The two proposals conflict!

'conflict'

[conflict.v.02] as in: go against, as of rules and laws

Examples:
He ran afoul of the law
This behavior conflicts with our rules

Origins

					conflict (English)
└── conflictus (Latin)