| controversial issue(noun, expression, difficulty, debate, controversy) | |
| deadlock(noun, obstacle) | |
| debatable(adjective, controversial) | |
| desideratum | |
| difficulty | |
| discussion(noun, conflict, disagreement, disturbance, argument) | |
| disputation(dispute, disagreement) | |
| disputed | |
| disturbance(noun, conflict, disagreement, argument, difference) | |
| enmity(dispute, disagreement, disputation) | |
| falling-out(noun, conflict, disagreement, disturbance, argument) | |
| feuding(dispute, disagreement, disputation) | |
| fireworks(noun, conflict, disagreement, disturbance, argument) | |
| flare-up(noun, disagreement, argument, difference, quarrel) | |
| flare up(expression, conflict, disagreement, disturbance, discord) | |
| football | |
| friction(noun, conflict, disagreement, disturbance, argument) | |
| hostility(dispute, disagreement, disputation) | |
| hot potato(noun, expression, point, difficulty, controversy) | |
| hubbub(noun, conflict, disagreement, disturbance, argument) |
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