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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- conflict :an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
- the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph|police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
- conflict :be in conflict
- The two proposals conflict!
- conflict :opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings
- he was immobilized by conflict and indecision
- conflict :go against, as of rules and laws
- He ran afoul of the law|This behavior conflicts with our rules
- conflict :a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
- Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga|he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- conflict :a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
- his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post|a conflict of loyalties
- conflict :an incompatibility of dates or events
- he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings
- conflict :opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
- this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing