contend+against
31Contending — Contend Con*tend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Contended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contending}.] [OF. contendre, L. contendere, tentum; con + tendere to strech. See {Tend}.] 1. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.… …
32fight — Synonyms and related words: Olympic games, Olympics, a outrance, action, aerial combat, affray, against, aggression, aggressiveness, agonize, altercate, altercation, antagonism, antagonize, argue, argument, armored combat, avoid, bandy with,… …
33oppose — Synonyms and related words: abjure, agree to differ, agree to disagree, analogize, antagonize, array, arrest, assert the contrary, assimilate, attack, balance, ban, bar, be antipathetic, be at cross purposes, be at variance, be in dissent, be… …
34con|tend — «kuhn TEHND», intransitive verb. 1. to work hard against difficulties; fight; struggle: »The first settlers in America had to contend with unfriendly Indians, sickness, and lack of food. Farmers in the 1930 s had to contend against drought and… …
35contest — Synonyms and related words: Kilkenny cats, Olympic games, Olympics, abjure, action, altercation, antagonize, argue, argufy, argument, assert the contrary, awake a doubt, bandy words, battle, be contrary to, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious,… …
36grapple with — Synonyms and related words: a outrance, antagonize, bandy with, battle, battle it out, beat against, beat up against, box, brawl, breast the wave, broil, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, bump heads, clash, close, close with, collide, combat, come… …
37rival — Synonyms and related words: admit of comparison, adversary, adversative, adverse, alien, amount to, antagonist, antagonistic, antagonize, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, approach, attempt, balance, battle, battler, be commensurable, be comparable …
38vie — Synonyms and related words: admit of comparison, antagonize, battle, be commensurable, be comparable, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, challenge, challenge comparison, close with, combat, come up to …
39fight — I. v. n. 1. Combat, war, battle, contend (in arms), draw the sword, unsheathe the sword, measure swords, take arms, take up arms, go to war let slip the dogs of war, try the fortune of arms or battle. 2. Do battle, ply one s weapons, contend,… …
40William Lloyd Garrison: The Dangers of Slavery (1829) — ▪ Primary Source Antislavery movements had existed in the United States since the Revolution. They had even received occasional support in the South, on moral grounds; but the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made slavery a seeming… …
