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conflict n. [
struggle, battle] 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"
. wn #2
conflict n. opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
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conflict n. [
battle, fight, engagement] 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"
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conflict v. be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
. wn #5
conflict n. a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
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