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51battle — n 1. clash, struggle, strife, contention, tussle, scuffle; contest, war, bout, Armageddon; skirmish, action, brush; combat, warfare, fighting, hostilities; collision, conflict, meeting, engagement, encounter, rencounter; fight, donnybrook, Scot.… …
52combat — v 1. fight, contend, clash, conflict with, strive; encounter, engage, meet, join, face; battle, give or do battle, duel, joust, tussle, skirmish, scuffle, jostle; war, make war, war against, go to war, go to battle, wage war, take the field, take …
53encounter — v 1. come upon, meet, accost, confront, face, come into contact, cross one s path; run into, Inf. bump into, fall across, run across; happen upon, chance upon, stumble upon, light upon, hit upon; come face to face with, front, stand in front of,… …
54engagement — n 1. promise, word, word of honor, parole, pledge, vow, oath; guarantee, warranty, compact, contract, covenant, treaty; obligation, commitment; deal, pact, bargain; agreement, arrangement, acknowledgment, stipulation. 2. betrothal, betrothment,… …
55fight — n 1. battle, combat, duel, bout; contention, clash, conflict, struggle, Scot. sprattle, strife; war, warfare, fighting, hostilities; assault, attack, offensive, harassment, assailment; siege, besiegement, beset ment, investment; collision,… …
56meeting — n 1. rendezvous, tryst, assignation; confrontation, coming together, encounter, congress. 2. presentation, introduction, reception, greeting, welcome, salutation. 3. combat, battle, skirmish, conflict; fight, contest, duel, bout, feud, Sl. scrap …
57skirmish — n argument, altercation, dispute, tilt, row, quarrel, Inf. ruction, squabble, dustup, spat, tiff, Brit. Dial. fratch; encounter, meeting, engagement, confrontation, showdown; fight, battle, rencounter, struggle, conflict, scrimmage, tussle, bout …
58war — n 1. combat, warfare, fighting, hostilities; clash, conflict, struggle, strife, contention; battle, contest, bout, skirmish, action, brush; collision, engagement, encounter, rencounter; fight, donnybrook, duel, joust, tilt; confrontation,… …
59contest — [n1] competition challenge, concours, discussion, game, match, meet, meeting, proving, rencounter, sport, testing, tournament, trial, trying; concepts 92,363 contest [n2] fight, struggle action, affray, altercation, battle, battle royal*, beef*,… …
60rencontre — [ren känt′ər; ] Fr [ rän kōn′tr ] n. RENCOUNTER …
