conflicts

noun

A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.

An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

verb

(intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible

(intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

Roots

fligoflict- · Latin · strike

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