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41contention — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of contending Nouns 1. (act of contending) contention, strife, contest, contestation, altercation, infighting; struggle; belligerency, pugnacity, combativeness (see irascibility); competition,… …
42meeting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. encounter, assembly, junction; duel; tangency. See contact, convergence. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of coming together] Syn. encounter, juxtaposition, juxtaposing, joining, confluence, juncture,… …
43Contiguity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Contiguity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 contiguity contiguity contact proximity apposition abuttal juxtaposition Sgm: N 1 abutment abutment osculation Sgm: N 1 meeting meeting appulse …
44rencontre — [rɛn kɒntə] noun archaic variant spelling of rencounter. Origin C17: Fr …
45brush — n. 1. Skirmish, engagement, rencounter, encounter, contest, fight, conflict, collision, action, affair. 2. Thicket, bushes, shrubs, underwood, brushwood …
46engagement — n. 1. Promise, stipulation, assurance, contract, pledge, obligation. 2. Plighting, betrothal, betrothment, affiancing. 3. Employment, occupation, business, calling, vocation, avocation. 4. Battle, conflict, combat, contest, action, fight,… …
47combat — I. v. n. Fight, contend, struggle, contest, war. II. v. a. Oppose, resist, withstand, contend against, battle with, struggle with, war against. III. n. Battle, fight, conflict, engagement, action, contest, encounter, rencounter, skirmish, brush,… …
48contest — I. v. a. 1. Dispute, controvert, argue, debate, litigate, contend against, call in question. 2. Strive to hold, struggle to defend. 3. Contend for, strive to carry, compete for, make the object of competition or rivalry or emulation. II. v. n.… …
49scuffle — I. v. n. Struggle (in a disorderly manner), contend, fight, strive (as in a close embrace). II. n. Contest (of a disorderly kind), struggle, fight, rencounter, encounter, broil, fray, brawl, quarrel, squabble, wrangle, altercation, set to …
50affray — n fight, brawl, wrangle, Inf. set to; quarrel, squabble, argument, dispute, disagreement, dissension, row, altercation, contention; disturbance, commotion, uproar, breach of the peace, fracas, rumpus; disorder, turbulence, tumult; struggle,… …
