6
spar(verb, meet, attack, oppose, fight)
5
wrestle(verb, meet, attack, fight, challenge)
5
action(noun, movement, cause, fight, struggle)
5
confrontation(noun, state, action, fight, dispute)
5
disagree(verb, hold, meet, oppose, fight)
5
state of war(noun, expression, idiom)
5
altercation(noun, action, fight, dispute, conflict)
5
argument(noun, action, fight, dispute, struggle)
5
attempt(noun, verb, meet, fight, battle)
5
competition(noun, action, fight, dispute, struggle)
5
endeavor(verb, meet, fight, battle, differ)
5
hot war(noun, expression, idiom, struggle, conflict)
5
offensive(noun, movement, struggle, conflict, operation)
5
rivalry(noun, action, fight, dispute, struggle)
5
strike(noun, attack, conflict, combat)
4
joust(noun, verb, meet, attack, fight)
4
make war(verb, expression, idiom, meet, fight)
4
take on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet, oppose)
4
wage war(verb, expression, idiom, meet, attack)
4
aggression(noun, attack, anger, violence, opposition)
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