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battlesnounpl. of battle a forceful effort to reach a goal or objectivepassing the medical licensing exam was an uphill battle, but she succeeded fights, frays, scrabbles, struggles, throes efforts, exertions, labors, pains, troubles, worksdrudgeries, grinds, sweats, toils, travailscombats, conflicts, contests, strifes, tussles, warfares, warsattempts, endeavors, essays, tries a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsa battle between rival gangs left two people lying dead on the street clashes, combats, conflicts, contests, dustups, fights, fracases(or British fracas), frays, hassles, scraps, scrimmages, scrums, scuffles, skirmishes, struggles, tussles pitched battles, rough-and-tumblesaffrays(chiefly British), battles royal(or battle royals or battles royale or battle royales), brawls, broils, donnybrooks, free-for-alls, melees(also mêlées), mix-ups, ruckuses, ructionsblows, fistfights, fisticuffs, grapples, handgrips, punch-outs, punch-ups(chiefly British), slugfestsconfrontations, duels, face-offs, joustsaltercations, argle-bargles(chiefly British), arguments, argy-bargies(chiefly British), contretemps, controversies, cross fires, disagreements, disputes, fallings-out(or falling-outs), kickups, misunderstandings, quarrels, rows, spats, squabbles, tangles, tiffs, wranglescatfights truces 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 games, combats, competitions, conflicts, confrontations, contentions, contests, dogfights, duels, face-offs, grapples, matches, rivalries, strifes, struggles, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tugs-of-war, warfares, wars horse races, nail-bitersshowdownsclashes, collisions, discords, frictionsarguments, controversies, debates, disagreements, disputations, disputes, dissensions(also dissentions), quarrels, rows, wrangles concords, harmonies, peaces to engage in a contestthe two teams, which have long been archrivals, will battle on the court for the state championship competes, contends, faces off, fights, races, rivals, vies challenges, engages, playsjockeys, jostles, maneuversgoes out, tries outtrains, works to enter into contest or conflict withthe two top-seeded tennis players battled each other for almost three hours encounters, engages, faces, meets, takes on emulates, rivalscontends, fights, opposes eludes, escapes, evadesretreats to oppose (someone) in physical conflictthe two armies battled each other for control of the bridge clashes (with), combats, fights, scrimmages (with), skirmishes (with), wars (against) duels, joustsbangs, bashes, bats, batters, beats, belts, bludgeons, bops, buffets, clobbers, hammers, hits, knocks, pastes, pounds, punches, slams, slaps, slogs, slugs, smacks, smites, socks, strikes, swats, swipes, thumps, thwacks, wallops, whacks, whalesboxes, sparsbrawlsgrapples, scuffles, tussles, wrestlesbumps, collides gives up, submits, surrenders to strive to reduce or eliminatewe must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist combats, contends (with), counters, fights, opposes, oppugns baffles, checkmates, foils, frustrates, resists, thwarts, withstandsconfronts, defies, faces, meets advances, cultivates, encourages, forwards, fosters, furthers, nourishes, nurtures, promotes abides, bears, endures, suffersadvocates, backs, champions, endorses(also indorses), supports, upholds |