Battle, war; contest, strife.

The action of striving or contending, maintenance of resistance, opposition, or strife, on the part of persons.

figurative. Strife, conflict, struggle for victory; = battle, n. 7.

Contention, strife, a dispute; also, abuse, an abusive speech. Obsolete.

Strife, conflict, dissension. Obsolete.

Strife, contention, conflict; tumult, disturbance, agitation. Obsolete.

Hostility, enmity; discord, strife.

transferred and figurative. Applied poetically or rhetorically to any kind of active hostility or contention between living beings, or of conflict…

The action of fighting or quarrelling; strife; struggle. Cf. cock, v.1 1. Obsolete.

The action of striving together or contending in opposition; a condition of antagonism, enmity, or discord; contention, dispute.

The action of strive, v.; an instance of this.

Strife, contention; a quarrel, wrangle, contest. Obsolete exc. dialect.

Contention, strife, quarrel, fighting.

Struggle, contest; trouble.

figurative. Strife, conflict, contest, struggle for victory.

The action of contending or striving together in opposition; strife, dispute, verbal controversy.

The action of tug, v. in various senses.

Conflict.

Contention, violent quarrelling; contentious or violent behaviour.

Contention or contest for the mastery; struggle, combat, fight, battle. northern. Obsolete.

(Scottish) Wrangling, contest, struggle, fighting.

Strife, contention.

A conflict, a dispute. Obsolete.

Contention, struggle, pulling opposite ways; opposition, resistance; chiefly in hard hold, strong or tough struggle. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative.

Riotous disturbance, tumult; contention, dispute.

The action of tangle, v.1; complicated or confused intertwining; complication; †contention.

The action of scamble, v.

without article: Quarrelling, contention, strife; trouble, turmoil.

The action of bustle, v.1 (in various senses); an instance of this. Also with about, to and fro, etc.

transferred and figurative. An encounter, combat, contest; a debate, public dispute or discussion. In 17–18th centuries often applied to a duel.

The action of contending with someone or against something.

The action of contending or struggling; an instance of this. Obsolete.

Contention, strife.

Scottish. Probably: rivalry, contention. Cf. pingle, v. 2. Obsolete. rare.

Struggle, resistance; opposition to an external force or influence; an instance of this. Obsolete.

Scottish. A military engagement or encounter; a battle, a fight. Also: a verbal clash or assault; a quarrel. Obsolete.

The action of bandy, v.: (a) tossing to and fro, exchange (of blows, words, etc.); (b) contentious argument, disputation; (c) contention, strife…

Short for contention, n.

Contention, strife; = contrasto, n. Obsolete.

A wrestling or struggling together; strife, conflict, opposition.

The action of struggling together as adversaries; contention, conflict, contest.

Fighting; strife, contention.

A quarrel, an argument; (occasionally) a fight, a brawl. Also: contention, dispute.

= colluctancy, n.

Contention, strife, contest; dispute.

The action of conflict, v.

Contention, strife; = contrast, n. 1.

Strife, contest; a fight or struggle. Obsolete.

Struggling, wrestling; an instance of this.

Struggle for victory, for a desired object, or in defence; conflict, strife, contention.

Contention or strife between (also 'twixt) parties.

Wrestling or struggling against.

The action of contrast, v. In quot. 1688 = striving, struggling with opposition or difficulties: cf. contrast, v. 1 and contrast, n. 1.

In generalized sense: Contention, determined effort or resistance.

Contention, wrangling; strife.

Commotion, bustle, tumult; disturbance, trouble; strife, contention, struggle.

The action of scramble, v.; an instance of this.

cut and thrust: (a) as n., the act of cutting and thrusting; hand-to-hand struggle; (b) as adj. (the words being hyphenated), adapted for both…

The action of striking another person's face or body with the head; an instance of this. Also figurative: vigorous or intense conflict or dispute.

The action or process of pushing and pulling, esp. alternately; an instance of this. Also figurative: a contest, a tug of war.

The action of contend, v.; striving, disputing.

cut and thrust: see cut, n.2 2c; thrust and parry (literal and figurative).

Conflict, discord, antagonism.