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  • 121dispute — 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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  • 122quarrel — I. n. 1. Brawl, feud, affray, fray, tumult, contention, altercation, tiff, misunderstanding, wrangle, contest, squabble, broil, jar, breach, rupture, dispute, difference, disagreement, dissension, bickering, quarrelling, strife, breeze, falling… …

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  • 123dispute — 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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  • 124fight — 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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  • 125spat — n bickering, squabble, *quarrel, wrangle, altercation, tiff Analogous words: dispute, controversy, *argument: contention, difference, variance, *discord Contrasted words: agreement, concurrence, coincidence (see corresponding verbs at AGREE) spat …

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  • 126squabble — n *quarrel, wrangle, altercation, bickering, spat, tiff Analogous words: dispute, controversy, *argument: row, rumpus, scrap, *brawl, broil squabble vb quarrel, wrangle, altercate, bicker, spat, tiff (see under QUARREL n) Analogous words:… …

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  • 127tiff — n *quarrel, bickering, spat, squabble, wrangle, altercation Analogous words: scrap, rumpus, row, *brawl, broil: difference, variance, dissension, contention, *discord tiff vb spat, bicker, quarrel, squabble, wrangle, altercate (see under QUARREL… …

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  • 128bicker — v 1. wrangle, argue, altercate, jangle, dispute; quarrel, have words, Inf. row, Inf. scrap, squabble, spat, tiff; conflict, clash, lock horns, fight, battle, spar, fence, cross swords; disagree, fall out, jar, be at loggerheads, be at variance,… …

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