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Feud :: Feud (n.) A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed..

Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.

Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth..

Makebate :: Makebate (n.) One who excites contentions and quarrels.

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..

Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..

Snarl :: Snarl (n.) The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

Polemy :: Polemy (n.) Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition..

Brunt :: Brunt (v. t.) The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle..

Decertation :: Decertation (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife.

Firebrand :: Firebrand (n.) One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary..

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.

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..

Contention :: Contention (n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention..

Colluctation :: Colluctation (n.) A struggling; a contention.

Outcast :: Outcast (n.) A quarrel; a contention.

Contentious :: Contentious (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.

Brawl :: Brawl (n.) A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult; as, a drunken brawl..

Agonism :: Agonism (n.) Contention for a prize; a contest.

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