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Noun
Definition: 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"
Definition: opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
Definition: 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"
Definition: a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
Definition: an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
Definition: 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"
Definition: 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"
Definition: A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
Verb
Definition: be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
Definition: go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
Definition: To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible