8
affray(noun, action, fight, dispute, challenge)
8
confrontation(noun, action, touch, fight, dispute)
8
contend(verb, meet, attack, oppose, fight)
7
attack(noun, verb, meet, fight, strike)
7
duel(noun, verb, action, meet, attack)
7
feud(noun, verb, meet, attack, oppose)
7
run-in(noun, action, touch, fight, challenge)
7
scrimmage(noun, action, meet, attack, fight)
7
set-to(noun, action, work, meet, attack)
6
row(noun, verb, work, oppose, fight)
6
come to blows(verb, expression, idiom, attack, fight)
6
grapple(verb, action, meet, attack, oppose)
6
melee(noun, action, fight, dispute, smash)
6
spar(verb, meet, attack, oppose, fight)
6
wrestle(verb, meet, attack, fight, dispute)
5
charge(noun, strike, offensive, violence, assault)
5
joust(noun, verb, meet, attack, fight)
5
offensive(noun, charge, strike, violence, assault)
5
push(verb, charge, meet, oppose, fight)
5
strive(verb, meet, attack, oppose, fight)
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