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conflict definition

con·flict (kən flikt; for n. känflikt′)

intransitive verb

  1. Obsolete to fight; battle; contend
  2. to be antagonistic, incompatible, or contradictory; be in opposition; clash ideas that conflict

Etymology: ME conflicten < L conflictus, pp. of confligere, to strike together < com-, together + fligere, to strike: see inflict

noun

  1. a fight or struggle, esp. a protracted one; war
  2. sharp disagreement or opposition, as of interests or ideas; clash
  3. emotional disturbance resulting from a clash of opposing impulses or from an inability to reconcile impulses with realistic or moral considerations
  4. Rare collision of moving bodies

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