conflict
/ˈkɑn.flɪkt/ noun B1- A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals. · The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.
- An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled. · I wanted to attend the meeting but there's a conflict in my schedule that day.
- in fiction/literature, opposing forces that create uncertainty as to whether the character(s) will achieve their goal(s).
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A SERPENT and an Eagle were struggling with each other in deadly conflict.
He was dragged back into the room, and then commenced a terrific conflict.
That was Marilla’s exclusive duty; if it had been his he would have been worried over frequent conflicts between inclination and said duty.
A few dingy olives and stunted fig-trees struggled hard for existence, but their withered dusty foliage abundantly proved how unequal was the conflict.
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