Meaning & use
strifes
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instances or forms of bitter conflict, disagreement, or struggle
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The chronicle recounts the many strifes that divided the kingdom.
Their marriage survived years of domestic strifes and reconciliations.
A note on using this word
'Strife' is normally uncountable in modern English; the plural 'strifes' appears mainly in older or literary writing.
Words with a similar meaning
conflictsstruggles
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Words with an opposite meaning
harmoniespeace
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