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clash
noun as in disagreement or fight, often brief
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in hit with a loud noise
verb as in fight about, often verbally
verb as in do not match
Strongest match
Weak matches
Example Sentences
BBC Sport asked Fifa to justify this scheduling clash and whether there were concerns about the Women's Euro competing with the Club World Cup for attention.
The clashes have brought back to attention a civil war that has largely fallen out of the headlines despite never really ending.
Karen Zraick covers legal affairs for the Climate desk and the courtroom clashes playing out over climate and environmental policy.
As often as they clashed, it seemed, Eminem and his mother tried to reconcile.
They have clashed with lines of police guarding the building.
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When To Use
What are other ways to say clash?
The noun clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions. Struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. A brush is a brief encounter or skirmish: a brush with the law.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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