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Another word for clash

clash Synonyms

clash

n.

Collision
crash, encounter, impact; see collision 1.
Disagreement
opposition, conflict, argument; see disagreement 1, dispute.

clash Synonyms

clash

v.

conflict, jar, mismatch, fail to harmonize, not go with, be incompatible, collide, disagree, argue, battle; see also contrast 1, differ 1, fight 2, oppose 1, 2, quarrel.

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Another word for clash

verb

To strike together with a loud, harsh noise:
crash, smash. See sounds
To fail to be in accord:
conflict, contradict, disaccord, discord, jar. Idiom: go (or run) counter to. See agree

noun

A loud striking together:
crash, smash. See sounds
A state of disagreement and disharmony:
conflict, confrontation, contention, difference, difficulty, disaccord, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissonance, faction, friction, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war, warfare. See conflict
A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed:
altercation, argument, bicker, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. (Informal) hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See conflict
A brief, hostile exposure to or contact with something such as danger or opposition:
brush², encounter, run-in, skirmish. See touch

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A clash with Parma occurred to aggravate his troubles.
The clash of arms breaks upon his pagan paradise with no uncertain sound; he is swift in narrative, breathless in escapade.
The natives appeared again the next spring, and a clash occurred.
Her interests and those of Athens did not directly clash, for Athens included in her empire only the islands of the Aegean and the towns on its north and east coasts, which lay outside the Spartan political horizon: with the Peloponnese Athens did not meddle.
He was prominent in the colonial militia and tried to keep the Boston crowd and the British soldiers from the clash known as the Boston massacre (1770).

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