7
struggle(noun, event, fight, challenge, conflict)
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rivalry(noun, event, fight, challenge, struggle)
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competition(noun, fight, conflict, opposition, contest)
4
conflict(noun, fight, opposition, combat, battle)
4
contest(noun, event, fight, challenge, struggle)
4
striving(noun, action, event, fight, challenge)
4
warfare(noun, action, event, fight, challenge)
3
battle(fight, conflict, discord, combat, war)
3
combat(fight, conflict, discord, battle, war)
2
clash(noun, event, fight, struggle, conflict)
2
dogfight
2
emulation(noun, action, event, fight, challenge)
2
fight(noun, event, challenge, struggle, match)
2
fray(action, fight, battle, encounter, war)
2
passage of arms(expression, idiom, conflict, discord, combat)
2
skirmish(action, fight, battle, encounter, war)
2
strife(noun, event, fight, challenge, struggle)
1
action
1
aerial combat
1
affray
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