war;  fighting;  fierce competition
 dispute;  strife;  quarrel;  dissension;  conflict;  rivalry
 to compete;  to contest;  to quarrel;  to argue;  to deny (e.g. evidence)
 competition;  contest;  rivalry;  competition (between organisms or species)
 fight;  battle;  combat;  struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.);  strife;  (labor) dispute
 dispute;  conflict;  trouble;  strife
 dispute;  controversy;  debate;  argument;  taking issue
 contest;  competition;  struggle;  scramble
 belligerence;  fighting spirit
 major war;  great war;  world war
 factional dispute;  factional strife;  rivalry between factions
 dispute;  argument;  contention
 competition rate;  success rate;  ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
 dispute;  argument;  contention
 (enter into, be in) a state of war
 Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
 struggle (for);  scramble;  contest
 to fight with each other;  to fight amongst yourselves
 succession struggle;  succession race
 fighting to be first;  scrambling to take the lead
 like father, like son; (lit.) you can't fight blood
 inheritance dispute;  succession dispute
 American Civil War (1861-1865)
 First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
 internal strife;  infighting;  internal conflict
 disputed territory;  conflict area
 dispute;  contention;  conflict;  controversy
 to compete for the first place;  to be one of the best
 competitiveness;  competitive edge;  competitive power
 leadership competition;  power struggle
 championship race;  struggle for victory
 argument;  dispute;  controversy
 examination war;  fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
 class struggle;  class warfare;  class conflict
 Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
 Greater East Asian War (1941-1945);  Pacific War
 factional infighting (conflict);  antagonism between factions
 Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
 Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
 Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
 war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
 international border dispute
 inheritance dispute;  succession dispute
 economic warfare;  economic war
 Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
 Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
 labor dispute;  labour dispute;  industrial dispute;  strike
 war experience;  experience of war;  memories of war
 contending for victory;  struggling for supremacy
 international competitiveness;  global competitiveness
 conflict resolution;  dispute resolution
 American War of Independence (1775-1783);  American Revolution
 Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
 (making something a) political issue
 competitive bidding (esp. for government contracts)
 negotiation of conditions
 arms race;  armaments race
 all-out war;  full-scale war
 Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)
 dispute over water rights;  dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas)
 Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
 Spanish-American War (1898)
 campaign against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
 conflict between a bride and her mother-in-law; (lit.) bride and mother-in-law war
 competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)
 political strife (antagonism, conflict)
 to contend for distinction;  to claim credit
 Anglo-Satsuma War (1863);  Bombardment of Kagoshima
 Unfair Competition Prevention Act
 Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
 War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
 Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
 Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
 megacompetition;  mega-competition
 campus dispute;  campus strife
 let a hundred schools of thought contend
 domestic dispute;  family trouble
 Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
 Austro-Prussian War (1866)
 Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967);  Six-Day War
 Yom Kippur War;  fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
 dispute by legal action;  contentious
 Kulturkampf (church-state conflict in Prussia; 1872-1887)
 Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)
 French and Indian War (1754-1763)
 open tendering;  open competitive bidding
 custody battle;  custody dispute
 home run hitting competition
 fight;  battle;  combat;  struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.);  strife;  (labor) dispute
 procedures to determine the points at issue;  pre-trial mutual disclosure and discussion of the points of contention
 Arrow War (the second Opium War; 1856-1860)
 strikers;  workers on strike
 struggle for supremacy;  championship game
 (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
 to fight with;  to contend with
 Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
 War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
 Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967);  Six-Day War
 (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
 trade dispute;  trade conflict;  trade war
 Spanish-American War (1898)
 lacking opposition or competition
 German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
 (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
 Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
 to have no time to lose;  to fight with every minute and every second
 fighting over nothing;  making a mountain out of a molehill
 (debate over) the problem of universals
 Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
 (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
 (first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
 Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945);  Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
 business competition;  corporate competition
 Great Northern War (1700-1721)
 Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945);  Pacific War
 industrial (labor-management) dispute (labour);  industrial strife
 argument as to (about) the authenticity (of...)
 whirlpool of political strife
 well-matched contest; (lit.) fight between a dragon and a tiger
 Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
 Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
 chaos on the roads; (lit.) traffic war
 Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
 push-button war;  war started or ended with the push of a button (e.g. to launch a nuclear missile)
 Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
 Russo-German War (1941-1945)
 Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
 Sino-French War (1884-1885)
 fighting over nothing;  making a mountain out of a molehill
 war of words;  quarrel;  dispute
 legal point of contention;  matter in dispute;  subject of debate;  issue in contention
 Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945);  Pacific War
 Sanrizuka Struggle;  campaign against the construction of Narita airport
 Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
 Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
 Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1941-1944)
 Sacred Wars (of Ancient Greece)
 to go against;  to fight against;  to oppose;  to resist;  to deny
 dispute;  contention;  conflict;  controversy
 Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
 French and Indian War (1754-1763)
 (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
 (second) Boer War (1899-1902)
 Spanish-American War (1898)
 Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
 indisputable;  undeniable;  unmistakable
 to accuse;  to rise up in judgment against (judgement)
 to be angry and quarrelsome
 indisputable;  undeniable;  unmistakable
 internal discord;  internal dissension
 labor slowdown;  labour slowdown
 labor unrest;  labour unrest
 dispute between China and Vietnam
 Omnibus Trade and Competition Act
 Bosnian Conflict (1992-1998)
 Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
 Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
 Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
 Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
 Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
 Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
 Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
 Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
 Sikh Wars (1845-1846, 1848-1849)
 Cod Wars (conflicts between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights (1958, 1971, 1975))
 Cod Wars (conflicts between the United Kingdom and Iceland regarding fishing rights (1958, 1971, 1975))
 Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
 German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
 Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
 Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
 local competition (e.g. telephone)
 local competition (between telephone service providers)
 struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand
 war-risk insurance;  war insurance
 Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
 Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
 Anglo-Mysore Wars (1766-1799)
 Anglo-Maratha Wars (1777-1783, 1803-1805, 1817-1818)
 business competitiveness;  corporate competitiveness
 war of national liberation
 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict (1969)
 fighting over nothing;  making a mountain out of a molehill
 fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); (lit.) a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)
 collateral estoppel;  issue preclusion
 Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967);  Third Arab-Israeli War
 Lapland War (between Finland and Germany; 1944-1945)
 blood diamond;  conflict diamonds;  war diamonds
 anticompetitive behaviour;  anticompetitive behavior;  anticompetitive practice
 Foreign Intervention in Russia (1917-1922)
 hybrid warfare;  hybrid war
 explosive remnants of war;  ERW
 War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870);  Paraguayan War
 fighting over inheritance;  inheritance dispute
 Croatian War of Independence
 War in North-West Pakistan
 2007 Russia–Belarus energy dispute
 Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
 Puntland–Somaliland dispute
 Kurdish rebellions in Turkey