contests

Strongest matches

• challenge
• discussion
• game
• match
• meeting
• sport
• tournament
• trial

Strong matches

• meet
• proving
• testing
• trying

Weak matches

• concours
• rencounter

Strongest matches

• action
• battle
• brawl
• conflict
• debate
• encounter
• rivalry

Strong matches

• affray
• altercation
• beef
• brush
• combat
• controversy
• discord
• dispute
• emulation
• engagement
• fray
• go
• hassle
• row
• rumble
• run-in
• scrap
• set-to
• shock
• skirmish
• static
• strife
• striving
• tug-of-war
• warfare
• wrangle

Weak match

• battle royal

Strongest matches

• litigate
• oppose

Strong matches

• blast
• debate
• dispute
• doubt
• push
• question
• tangle

Weak matches

• call in question
• give it one's all
• go for it
• go for jugular
• jockey for position
• jump on
• mix it up with
• object to
• scramble for
• shoot for
• stand up for

Strongest matches

• compete
• contend
• defend
• vie

Strong matches

• altercate
• attack
• battle
• brawl
• buck
• conflict
• cross
• duel
• feud
• hassle
• quarrel
• repel
• rival
• row
• rumpus
• scrap
• scuffle
• sock
• strike
• struggle
• tilt
• traverse
• withstand
• wrangle

Weak matches

• break with
• fight over
• gang up on
• knuckle with
• lay a finger on
• lay out
• put on gloves
• put up dukes
• set to
• square off
• take on