clash
noun (FIGHT) /klæʃ/Definition
C2 [C] a fight or argument between people: Rioters hurled rocks and petrol bombs in clashes with police at the weekend. There were violent clashes between the police and demonstrators in the city centre.Arguments and disagreements C2 [C usually singular] a situation in which people's opinions or qualities are very different from and opposed to each other: a clash of opinions/loyalties/personalitiesDifferent and difference
(Definition of clash noun (FIGHT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a breath of fresh air idiom
- a whole new ballgame idiom
- a world of difference idiom
- alternative adjective
- alternative noun
- asymmetric adjective
- chasm noun
- distinction noun (DIFFERENCE)
- distinctive adjective
- distorted adjective
- divergence noun
- divers adjective
- otherwise adjective
- otherwise adverb (DIFFERENTLY)
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