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bullfight collapse: a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators

scrimmage collapse: (American football) practice play between a football team's squads; practice playing (a sport)

tug-of-war collapse: any hard struggle between equally matched groups; a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses

join battle collapse: engage in a conflict; "The battle over health care reform was joined"

scuffle collapse: a hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling; fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters; "the drunken men started to scuffle"

compete collapse: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

duel collapse: any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups); a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor; fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters"

wrestle collapse: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"; engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled with this decision for years"; combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"; engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the garden"

pugnacious collapse: ready and able to resort to force or violence; "pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"

joust collapse: a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances; joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback

quarrel collapse: an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges; an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"; have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"

antagonize collapse: provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"; act in opposition to

struggle collapse: strenuous effort; "the struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her"; an energetic attempt to achieve something; "getting through the crowd was a real struggle"; "he fought a battle for recognition"; to exert strenuous effort against opposition; "he struggled to get free from the rope"

remonstrate collapse: argue in protest or opposition; present and urge reasons in opposition

strive collapse: to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear"

fight collapse: a boxing or wrestling match; "the fight was on television last night"; the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"; an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is expected in the Senate"; fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"; make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

battle collapse: 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"; battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"

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