strife
noun [U] /straɪf/ formalDefinition
› violent or angry disagreement: What are the prospects for overcoming the strife between the Christian minority and Muslim majority? 20 years of civil strife have left the country's economy in ruins.Social order and disorder
(Definition of strife noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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