9
hostility(noun, action, trouble, fight, dispute)
8
battle(noun, action, trouble, fight, dispute)
8
enmity(noun, dispute, dislike, struggle, conflict)
7
combat(noun, action, trouble, fight, dispute)
6
armed conflict(noun, expression, struggle, conflict, discord)
6
bout(noun, event, fight, dispute, struggle)
6
game(noun, event, fight, challenge, struggle)
6
hostilities(noun, struggle, conflict, discord, combat)
6
striving(noun, trouble, event, fight, challenge)
5
antagonist
5
bad blood(noun, expression, trouble, dispute, dislike)
5
clash(noun, action, trouble, event, fight)
5
competitiveness(noun, opposition, competition, contention)
5
engagement(noun, action, event, fight, dispute)
5
envy(noun, imitation, bitterness, competition, greed)
5
fighting(noun, trouble, struggle, conflict, discord)
5
tug-of-war(noun, event, fight, challenge, struggle)
5
vendetta(noun, dispute, argument, quarrel, feud)
5
war(noun, action, fight, dispute, struggle)
4
argument(noun, action, trouble, fight, dispute)
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