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quarrel
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[ verb ] have a disagreement over something
Examples "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America" "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Few will quarrel with the aim of the schools or with the wording of their curriculum . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)This strange person quarrels with a cyclist because the latter is using the path rather_than the highroad . (Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)But the eagerly sought `` homogeneity '' of the Balafrej Council_of_Government was never achieved as the Istiqlal quarreled over foreign_policy , labor politics and economic development . (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)This is an assumption with which few would be disposed to quarrel . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)When we got there , Trig and the Negro were quarreling over possession of a gold crucifix around the neck of a wounded Filipino . |
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[ noun ] an angry dispute
Examples "they had a quarrel" "they had words" Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)On the third voyage , a near mutiny rising from a quarrel between Dutch and English crew_members on the Half_Moon had almost forced him to head the ship back to Amsterdam in mid Atlantic . |
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[ noun ] (arms) an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four edges
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