#conflict__struggle__battle  an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
  supertype:  group_action__groupaction  action taken by a group of people
  subtype:  class_struggle__classstruggle__class_war__classwar__class_warfare__classwarfare  conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)
  subtype:  insurrection__rebellion__revolt__rising__uprising  organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
     subtype:  insurgency  an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
     subtype:  intifada  the Palestinian uprising (beginning in 1987) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
     subtype:  mutiny  open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
     instance:  Peasant's_Revolt__Great_Revolt
  subtype:  counterinsurgency__pacification  actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
  subtype:  strife  bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
     subtype:  countercurrent  actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference"
     subtype:  discord__discordance  strife resulting from a lack of agreement
  subtype:  tug-of-war  any hard struggle between equally matched groups
  subtype:  fighting__fight__combat  the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"
     subtype:  gunfight__gunplay  a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten
     subtype:  skirmish__brush__clash__encounter  a minor short-term fight
        subtype:  contretemps__contretemp  an awkward clash; "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"
     subtype:  dogfight  a violent fight between dogs (sometimes organized illegally for entertainment and gambling)
     subtype:  swordplay__fencing  the act or art of using a sword as in fencing
     subtype:  in-fighting  conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders)
     subtype:  set-to__setto  a brief but vigorous fight
     subtype:  shock.fighting__impact  the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat
     subtype:  scuffle__hassle__tussle__rough-and-tumble__roughandtumble  disorderly fighting
     subtype:  affaire_d'honneur__affaired'honneur__duel  a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
     subtype:  fistfight__fisticuffs__slugfest  a fight with bare fists
        subtype:  punch-up__punchup  (British) a fistfight; "the quarrel ended in a punch-up"
     subtype:  battering__banging  the act of subjecting to strong attack
     subtype:  beating__whipping  the act of overcoming or outdoing
     subtype:  affray__disturbance__fray__ruffle  a noisy fight
     subtype:  free-for-all__brawl  a noisy fight in a crowd
     subtype:  knife_fight__knifefight__snickersnee__cut-and-thrust__cutandthrust  fighting with knives
     subtype:  gang_fight__rumble  a fight between rival gangs of adolescents
  subtype:  feud  a bitter quarrel between two parties
     subtype:  vendetta__blood_feud__bloodfeud  a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other
  subtype:  warfare__war  an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"

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