strife noun

/straɪf/ n [U] formal

Definition

violent or angry disagreement

What are the prospects for overcoming the strife between the Christian minority and Muslim majority?

Twenty years of civil strife have left the country's economy in ruins.

(Definition of strife noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms and related words:

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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