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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" opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision" battle: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings" be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!" opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing" go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" dispute: a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
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| contagion |
contagious disease: any disease easily transmitted by contact infection: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
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| contraception |
birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery
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| conjugate |
joined together especially in a pair or pairs unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds of a pinnate leaflet; having only one pair of leaflets add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc.; "conjugate the verb" formed by the union of two compounds; "a conjugated protein" undergo conjugation of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond conjugate solution: a mixture of two partially miscible liquids A and B produces two conjugate solutions: one of A in B and another of B in A
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| contagious |
easily diffused or spread as from one person to another; "a contagious grin" catching: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
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