Tussle: alternatives and connections

To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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of Fight

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle.

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To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.