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repel(support, force, check, maintain)
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attack(noun, work, meet, oppose)
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compete with(oppose, imitate, battle, compete)
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deny(check, oppose, return, fight)
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fight over(expression, phrasal verb, fight, altercate)
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impugn(check, challenge, resist, deny)
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lock horns(expression, meet, consider, oppose)
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moot(consider, oppose, settle, dispute)
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oppugn(meet, oppose, fight, struggle)
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spar(oppose, play, fight, challenge)
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sport(noun, event, play, fight)
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altercate(consider, oppose, settle, fight)
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call in question(expression, idiom, fight, dispute)
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collide(disturb, oppose, play, fight)
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confront(meet, oppose, fight, provoke)
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contend against
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defend(return, fight, acknowledge, deny)
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differ(meet, consider, disturb, oppose)
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discept(consider, oppose, settle, dispute)
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dissent(noun, trouble, oppose, fight)
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