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What is another word for engaged in conflict?

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Verb
Past tense for to engage in conflict
struggled
waged war
battled
fought
foughten
warred
clashed
combatted
combated
engaged in combat
took up arms
taken up arms
did battle
done battle
engaged
went to war
gone to war
skirmished
took on
taken on
attacked
crossed swords
locked horns
contended
locked antlers
had a dust-up
brawled
hit each other
sparred
quarreledUS
quarrelledUK
wrangled
disagreed
bickered
challenged
had a barney
had a scrap
had a dispute
scrapped
grappled
wrestled
boxed
tilted
exchanged blows
jousted
scrimmaged
rowed
tussled
feuded
vied
assaulted each other
stoushed
swedged
roughhoused
come to blows
tugged
protected
scrimmaged with
traversed
attacked each other
clashed with
assaulted
skirmished with
raced
duelledUK
punched each other
dueledUS
warred against
scuffled
sparred with
tasted battle
had a set-to
laid into
exchanged blows with
lit into
had a punch-up
brushed with
plied weapons
flared up
argued
raced against
raced with
mixed it up
fought like Kilkenny cats
carried on war
conflicted
cut and thrusted
chopped logic
butted heads
came to blows
bandied with
gone the knuckle
beared arms
went the knuckle
took all comers
taken all comers
took up the gauntlet
taken up the gauntlet
bandied words
taken the field
took the field
disputed
altercated
contested
confronted
squabbled
tangled
come into conflict
had a fight
engaged in hostilities
encountered
collided
made war
had a row
strived
tourneyed
differed
entered the lists
scrapped with
come to blows with
campaigned against
failed to agree
fought like cat and dog
carried on hostilities
come to grips
set to
came into conflict
romped
slugged
mounted an attack
competed
spat
spatted
argufied
strove
striven
dissented
raised Cain
marched against
grappled with
had a spat
messed with
came to blows with
duked it out
met head-on
engaged with
conducted a war
joined battle
closed with
messed
faced
tussled with
come up against
bombarded
fenced
had a misunderstanding
had a tiff
become involved
done battle with
broken a lance
started fighting
differed in opinion
had a different opinion
campaigned
shot
struggled with
came to grips
opposed
broke a lance
squared up
raised your fists
did battle with
banged heads
took the field against
taken the field against
shotten
fallen out
gone for each other
went for each other
fell out
became involved
came up against
battled with
broke
broken
brake
“All war is asymmetric in the sense that states engaged in conflict seek to fight each other on terms least conducive to their opponent's success.”
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