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battle

Definition for battle

noun as in struggle

verb as in fight, struggle

Strongest matches

argue, clamor, contend, feud, strive, wrestle

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The object of his growl was a journalist who spent two years battling him on the Dodgers beat.

As the film explores the distinctions between behaving from instinct versus intellect — a battle between heart and mind — there is a chilly distance that Anderson never quite bridges.

Consider Babu Ram Rajput, 73, a retired government employee who has been battling a property dispute for over three decades.

From BBC

Namibia says it is sending in helicopters and hundreds of soldiers to battle a fire that has ravaged a third of a key nature reserve.

From BBC

A man once appeared on “Fox and Friends,” the Fox News morning show, to offer his opinion about an impending government shutdown over one of America’s perennial budget battles.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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