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