confused struggle

  • 1struggle — v. & n. v.intr. 1 make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint or constriction. 2 (often foll. by for, or to + infin.) make violent or determined efforts under difficulties; strive hard (struggled for supremacy; struggled to get the… …

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  • 2scuffle — scuffler, n. scufflingly, adv. /skuf euhl/, v., scuffled, scuffling, n. v.i. 1. to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner. 2. to go or move in hurried confusion. 3. to move or go with a shuffle; scuff. n. 4. a rough, confused struggle or… …

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  • 3scuffle — scuf•fle [[t]ˈskʌf əl[/t]] v. fled, fling, n. 1) to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner 2) to go or move in hurried confusion 3) to move with a shuffle; scuff 4) a rough, confused struggle or fight 5) a shuffling 6) agr. Also called… …

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  • 4scuffle — /ˈskʌfəl / (say skufuhl) verb (i) (scuffled, scuffling) 1. to struggle or fight in a scrambling, confused manner. 2. to go or move in hurried confusion. 3. to move at a shuffle; scuff. –noun 4. a confused struggle or fight. 5. a shuffling: a… …

  • 5Kingdom of Kongo — For other uses, see Congo (disambiguation). Kingdom of Kongo Wene wa Kongo or Kongo dya Ntotila →   …

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  • 6Russian Civil War — (1918–20) Conflict between the newly formed Bolshevik government and its Red Army against the anti Bolshevik forces in Russia. The unfavourable Treaty of Brest Litovsk concluded with Germany caused socialists opposed to Vladimir Lenin to break… …

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  • 7Muhammad of Ghor — Muizz ud din Muhammad bin Sām Sultan of the Ghorid Empire Sultan Shahab ud din Muhammad Ghori …

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  • 8James Batchelder — (1830 1854) was the second United States Marshal to be killed in the line of duty. Batchelder was a truckman employed by the Marshals, and assigned to stand guard at the Boston Court House, where Anthony Burns, an escaped slave captured by slave… …

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  • 9History of Lebanon under Arab rule — The history of Lebanon under Arab rule traces the course of human events in the section of West Asia now known as Lebanon. The Arabs typically considered the country merely an undifferentiated part of Bilad ash Sham which eventually translated… …

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  • 10Muss — Muss, n. [Cf. OF. mousche a fly, also, the play called muss, fr. L. musca a fly.] A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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