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  • 101skirmishing — skir·mish || skÉœrmɪʃ / skɜː n. dispute, squabble, spat; minor battle, minor fight, clash v. dispute, squabble, argue; fight a minor battle, engage in a scrimmage …

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  • 102brangle — I. n. Squabble, quarrel, wrangle, dispute, jangle, bickering, bandying of words, war of words, branglement. II. v. n. Wrangle, squabble. See bicker …

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  • 103brawl — I. v. n. 1. Quarrel (noisily), dispute (angrily), wrangle, brangle, jangle, squabblebicker. 2. Roar, resound. II. n. Quarrel, wrangle, brangle, jangle, squabble, dispute, uproar, broil, altercation, fracas, squabble, fray, feud, tumult,… …

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  • 104dispute — I. v. n. 1. Debate, argue, contend in argument. 2. Bicker, wrangle, quarrel, brawl, spar, spat, jangle, squabble, tiff, fall out, have words, have an altercation. II. v. a. 1. Debate, discuss, agitate, ventilate, argue, reason about. 2.… …

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  • 105wrangle — I. v. n. Quarrel, bicker, spar, spat, jangle, jar, squabble, tiff, have words, fall out, be at variance, have an altercation. II. n. Quarrel, squabble, jangle, brawl, altercation, jar, bickering, contest, contention, controversy, wrangling, angry …

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  • 106dispute — 1. noun 1) a subject of dispute Syn: debate, discussion, disputation, argument, controversy, disagreement, quarreling, dissension, conflict, friction, strife, discord Ant: agreement 2) …

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  • 107fight — 1. verb 1) two men were fighting Syn: brawl, exchange blows, attack each other, assault each other, hit each other, punch each other; struggle, grapple, wrestle; informal scrap, have a set to, roughhouse, engage in fisticuffs 2) they fought in… …

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  • 108scrap — I 1. noun 1) a scrap of paper Syn: fragment, piece, bit, snippet, shred; offcut, oddment, remnant 2) there wasn t a scrap of evidence Syn: bit, speck, iota, pa …

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  • 109wrangle — 1. noun a wrangle over money Syn: argument, dispute, disagreement, quarrel, falling out, fight, squabble, turf war, altercation, war of words, shouting match, tiff, tug of war; informal set to, run in, row See note at …

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  • 110brawl — n Brawl, broil, fracas, melee, row, rumpus, scrap are comparable when meaning a noisy fight or quarrel. Brawl implies angry contentions, blows, and a noisy racket; it usually suggests participation by several persons {a family brawl that kept the …

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