2
rebuff(noun, support, fight, opposition, resistance)
2
recoil
2
resisting(adjective, chafing)
2
rumpus(noun, fight, conflict, disagreement, disturbance)
2
schism(noun, state, dispute, conflict, disagreement)
2
set-to(noun, dispute, conflict, disagreement, hostility)
2
soreness(noun, contact, abrasion, rubbing)
2
sour note(noun, expression, conflict, disagreement, opposition)
2
squall(noun, conflict, disagreement, disturbance, argument)
2
stroking(noun, clean, stroke, pat, scrub)
2
struggle(noun, support, trouble, fight, conflict)
2
trituration(noun, contact, rub, stew, scourings)
2
war(noun, state, dispute, conflict, difference)
1
absorption(noun, suction)
1
adherence(noun, suction)
1
adhesion(noun, suction)
1
adversary(noun, opposition)
1
adverseness(noun, enmity)
1
application(noun, strength, vigor, heat, service)
1
atmospherics(noun, fight, dispute, split, division)
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