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disquietude(trouble, worry, concern, excitement)
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energy(force, power, passion, strength)
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enmity(conflict, enmity)
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heat(power, worry, excitement, strain)
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incompatibility(conflict, hostility, enmity)
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potential(trouble, power, strength, energy)
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push(trouble, force, power, strength)
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stretching(growth, tightness, tautness)
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tax(strain, effort, exertion)
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latent hostility(expression, idiom)
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alarm(feeling, worry, strain, anxiety)
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antipathy(conflict, enmity, contention)
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balance(poise, stability, steadiness, tightness)
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breaking point(expression, idiom, tension)
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clash(fight, dispute, split, division)
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constraint(trouble, force, strain, difficulty)
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disagreement(dispute, conflict, opposition, argument)
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discordance
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disharmony(conflict, disagreement, hostility)
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dissension(conflict, disagreement, opposition, hostility)
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