eng: conflict - UWN/MENTA

eng: conflict

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Meaning
means	(noun) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" struggle, battle, conflict
means	(noun) opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision" conflict
means	(noun) a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" conflict, fight, battle, engagement
means	(noun) a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" conflict
means	(noun) an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings" conflict
means	(noun) opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing" conflict
means	(noun) a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" difference, difference of opinion, conflict, dispute
means	(verb) be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!" conflict
means	(verb) go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" contravene, run afoul, infringe, conflict
means	e/Conflict (narrative)

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