class struggle, class war, class warfare - conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)

insurrection, revolt, uprising, rising, rebellion - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

counterinsurgency, pacification - actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

group action - action taken by a group of people

strife - bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

tug-of-war - any hard struggle between equally matched groups

turf war - a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights; "a turf war erupted between street gangs"; "the president's resignation was the result of a turf war with the board of directors"

fight, fighting, combat, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"

feud - a bitter quarrel between two parties

warfare, war - an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"

ambivalence, ambivalency - mixed feelings or emotions

military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"

Armageddon - any catastrophically destructive battle; "they called the first World War an Armageddon"

pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place

naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets

armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces

war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"

dogfight - an aerial engagement between fighter planes

assault - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack

Battle of Britain - the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it

Drogheda - in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

friction, clash - a state of conflict between persons

clash - a state of conflict between colors; "her dress was a disturbing clash of colors"

cold war - a state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare

disagreement, dissonance, dissension - a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

incompatibility - the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination

oppositeness, opposition - the relation between opposed entities

disagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

collision - a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"

contestation, controversy, disceptation, arguing, argument, contention, disputation, tilt - a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"

dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words - an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"

counterpoint, contrast - to show differences when compared; be different; "the students contrast considerably in their artistic abilities"

jar, clash, collide - be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"

breach, infract, transgress, violate, go against, offend, break - act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"