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conflict::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contravene, infringe, run afoul |
| Type of | go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate, breach, break |
This behavior conflicts with our rules.
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | battle, struggle |
| Type of | group action |
| Has types | counterinsurgency, fighting, feud, insurrection, fight, pacification, combat, class warfare, rebellion, revolt, rising, class war, class struggle, scrap, strife, tug-of-war, turf war, uprising, war, warfare |
the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph.
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | battle, engagement, fight |
| Type of | military action, action |
| Has types | dogfight, pitched battle, armed combat, assault, naval battle, armageddon, combat |
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | difference, difference of opinion, dispute |
| Type of | disagreement |
| Has types | gap, words, arguing, argument, dustup, wrangle, tilt, run-in, row, quarrel, collision, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation |
the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats.
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | state |
| Has types | dissonance, clash, dissension, disagreement, friction |
his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post.
a conflict of loyalties.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | contrast, counterpoint |
| Has types | jar, clash, collide |
The two proposals conflict!.
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | ambivalence, ambivalency |
he was immobilized by conflict and indecision.
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | opposition, oppositeness |
this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing.
Examples of conflict
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We can look at the escalating Korean conflict to gauge the impact of the latter.
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I was supposed to be in Cincinnati this week but ran into a scheduling conflict.
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Tens of thousands of residents have been displaced from their homes by conflict.
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Such a conflict never took place and the syndrome was probably a key reason why.
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While these comments conflict with those of Premier Wen Jiabao, who said on Mar.
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Times for the games have been switched because of a conflict for Spencer County.
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Combat deaths in June and July had spiked to the highest levels of the conflict.
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What I said yesterday is not in conflict with anything I said all the way along.
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The conflict is always there, but there are times when it subsides, like embers.
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- Be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
- 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"
- Go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
- Opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
- Battle: 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"
- A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
- Conflict is actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests. A conflict can be internal (within oneself) to individuals. ...
- Conflict is a 1936 film based on a novel by Jack London and a silent movie both titled "The Abysmal Brute". The film stars John Wayne, Ward Bond and Jean Rogers.
- Conflict (1945) is a black-and-white suspense film noir made by Warner Brothers. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt, produced by William Jacobs with Jack L. Warner as executive producer from a screenplay by Arthur T. ...
