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91brawl — n 1. fight, wrangle, affray, fray, rough and tumble, tussle, donnybrook, brannigan, Inf. scrap, Sl. rhubarb, Scot. sturt; fracas, rumpus, scramble, scuffle, brouhaha, free for all, Inf. ruckus; turmoil, tumult, clamor, uproar, commotion,… …
92contend — v 1. struggle, wrestle, grapple, tussle, scuffle; battle, fight, combat, war, wage war, skirmish; join battle with, set to, engage, encounter; clash, joust, tilt at, duel, cross swords with, fence; spar, brawl, scrap, box, fall to blows. 2.… …
93controvert — v 1. dispute, altercate, wrangle, cross verbal swords; deny, gainsay, disaffirm, impugn; op pose, differ, traverse; argue against, challenge, contradict, protest, refute, rebut, counter. 2. debate, discuss, canvass; consider, examine, review,… …
94debate — n 1. discussion, dispute, disputation, argumentation, polemic, logomachy, war of words; verbal controversy, altercation, wrangle, heated argument, disagreement, dissension, variance, difference of opinion. 2. deliberation, consideration, careful… …
95deprecate — v 1. censure, reproach, impeach, bring to book, call to account, cry down, slate, inveigh against, perstringe, animadvert upon, reprove, recriminate, reprehend, reprobate, pass strictures; denounce, deplore, rail, curse, condemn, anathematize,… …
96differ — v 1. contrast, vary, diverge, be dissimilar, be unlike, be different; stand out or apart, deviate from, depart from; contradict, run counter to, counter, contravene. 2. disagree, disaccord, fail to agree, be at variance; conflict, oppose, clash,… …
97disagree — v 1. differ, fail to agree, disaccord, be at variance, be at odds; think differently, stand in opposition, stand in opposite corners, diverge, deviate; part company, go separate ways, have a difference of opinion. 2. conflict, oppose, clash;… …
98discuss — v 1. talk over, debate, moot, bandy words, Inf. kick around, Sl. hash over; argue the pros and cons, argue for and against, argue, dispute, contend, contest, question; disagree, dissent, differ, controvert, oppose; spar, cross swords, lock horns …
99dispute — v 1. debate, discuss, argue, ventilate, air, Rare. discept; oppose, controvert, refute, confute, argue against; quarrel, wrangle, differ, disagree, altercate, clash, fight about, brawl, row, bicker, squabble, have words, fall out, riff, spat,… …
100fall — v 1. descend, come or go down, drop down, gravitate, sink; slip, slide, backslide; trip, trip over one s own feet, stumble, fall down, take a spill, tumble; go head over heels, pitch, plunge, plummet, dive, take a nosedive; drop, plop, plump, Inf …
