fight

pitched battle, rough-and-tumble

battle royal, brawl, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ruction

blows, fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest

confrontation, duel, face-off, joust

altercation, argument, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wrangle

catfight

effort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, work

drudgery, grind, sweat, toil, travail

combat, conflict, contest, strife, tussle, war, warfare

attempt, endeavor, essay, try

antagonism, fierceness, hostility, hyperaggressiveness, unfriendliness

imperialism, jingoism, militarism

acidity, biliousness, captiousness, crankiness, crossness, disagreeableness, fractiousness, fretfulness, grouchiness, grumpiness, huffiness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, irritableness, orneriness, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, querulousness, rudeness, surliness, testiness, waspishness

clash, run-in, skirmish, tangle, tussle

feud, vendetta

attack, contention, dissension (also dissention)

debate, difference, disputation

fuss, objection, protest, protestation

fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée)

catfight

duel, joust

bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, bop, buffet, clobber, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale

box, spar

brawl

grapple, scuffle, tussle, wrestle

bump, collide

baffle, checkmate, foil, frustrate, resist, thwart, withstand

confront, defy, face, meet

challenge, engage, play

jockey, jostle, maneuver

go out, try out

train, work

challenge, dare, defy

clash, contend, contest, tangle

cavil, fuss, nitpick

consider, debate, discuss

kick, object, protest

battle, combat, contend (with)

challenge, contest, contradict, dispute

baffle, balk, foil, frustrate, thwart

check, counter, hinder, obstruct, stem