Definition of strife

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Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.

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Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes..
Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..
Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..
Competition :: Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with..
Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference.
Conflict :: Conflict (v. i.) To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
Contention :: Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for..
Bate :: Bate (n.) Strife; contention.
Strifeful :: Strife (n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
Bury :: Bury (v. t.) To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife..
Strife :: Strife (n.) The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
Sprack :: Spoutshell (n.) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Apporhais having an elongated siphon. See Illust. under Rostrifera.
Strigate :: Strifeful (a.) Contentious; discordant.
Beat :: Beat (v. t.) To overcome in a battle, contest, strife, race, game, etc.; to vanquish or conquer; to surpass..
Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..
Theomachy :: Theomachy (n.) A battle or strife among the gods.
Strife :: Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress..
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