fray

effort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, work

drudgery, grind, sweat, toil, travail

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

attempt, endeavor, essay, try

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

battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, fisticuffs, handgrips, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle

horseplay, roughhousing

altercation, argument, dispute, kickup, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle