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battlenoun a forceful effort to reach a goal or objectivepassing the medical licensing exam was an uphill battle, but she succeeded fight, fray, scrabble, struggle, throes effort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, workdrudgery, grind, sweat, toil, travailcombat, conflict, contest, strife, tussle, war, warfareattempt, endeavor, essay, try a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsa battle between rival gangs left two people lying dead on the street clash, combat, conflict, contest, dustup, fight, fracas, fray, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scrum, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle pitched battle, rough-and-tumbleaffray(chiefly British), battle royal, brawl, broil, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ructionblows, fistfight, fisticuffs, grapple, handgrips, punch-out, punch-up(chiefly British), slugfestconfrontation, duel, face-off, joustaltercation, argle-bargle(chiefly British), argument, argy-bargy(chiefly British), contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wranglecatfight truce active fighting during the course of a warsoldiers who desperately wanted to forget the horrors that they had witnessed in battle an earnest effort for superiority or victory over anotherthe chess game was a real battle between two of the world's best players ball game, combat, competition, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, dogfight, duel, face-off, grapple, match, rivalry, strife, struggle, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tug-of-war, war, warfare horse race, nail-bitershowdownclash, collision, discord, frictionargument, controversy, debate, disagreement, disputation, dispute, dissension(also dissention), quarrel, row, wrangle concord, harmony, peace to engage in a contestthe two teams, which have long been archrivals, will battle on the court for the state championship compete, contend, face off, fight, race, rival, vie challenge, engage, playjockey, jostle, maneuvergo out, try outtrain, work to enter into contest or conflict withthe two top-seeded tennis players battled each other for almost three hours encounter, engage, face, meet, take on emulate, rivalcontend, fight, oppose elude, escape, evaderetreat to oppose (someone) in physical conflictthe two armies battled each other for control of the bridge clash (with), combat, fight, scrimmage (with), skirmish (with), war (against) duel, joustbang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, bop, buffet, clobber, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whalebox, sparbrawlgrapple, scuffle, tussle, wrestlebump, collide give up, submit, surrender to strive to reduce or eliminatewe must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist combat, contend (with), counter, fight, oppose, oppugn baffle, checkmate, foil, frustrate, resist, thwart, withstandconfront, defy, face, meet advance, cultivate, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote abide, bear, endure, sufferadvocate, back, champion, endorse(also indorse), support, uphold in the 13th century |