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fray
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▲
Noun
A fight or brawl
An argument or disagreement
An effort to reach a goal
Verb
To wear away or cause damage through applied friction
To emotionally tax or strain
To make a long tear or cut in
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▲
Noun
▲
A fight or brawl
fight
fracas
brawl
clash
battle
skirmish
affray
melee
tussle
conflict
scuffle
scrap
ruckus
scrimmage
contest
combat
rumpus
commotion
ruction
donnybrook
broil
riot
engagement
rumble
scrum
altercation
hassle
dustup
biffo
bagarre
competition
ruck
free-for-all
set-to
dust-up
punch-up
rough-and-tumble
bust-up
armed conflict
battle royal
struggle
confrontation
encounter
row
fisticuffs
disturbance
shindy
dogfight
war
wrangle
tumult
brush
strife
shindig
uproar
stoush
afters
duel
warfare
swedge
brannigan
bout
roughhouse
brouhaha
rammy
attack
face-off
assault
quarrel
fuss
boilover
hostilities
contention
rivalry
rough and tumble
breach of the peace
run-in
feud
fighting
match
joust
rencounter
hostility
grapple
disorder
action
sparring match
fist fight
to-do
duke out
ding-dong
exchange of blows
tug-of-war
furore
UK
collision
bloodshed
hullabaloo
bangarang
head-to-head
racket
slugfest
furor
US
knock-down-drag-out
flap
rough house
turmoil
tangle
stir
storm
scrape
barney
violence
campaign
incident
bother
square go
hubbub
ado
mix-up
sweepstakes
upheaval
hurly-burly
shoot-out
sweep-stake
ball game
onslaught
onset
stooshie
spat
unrest
scene
scrabble
exchange
pandemonium
rampage
crusade
outbreak of violence
confusion
hoopla
bustle
clatter
stand-up
blitzkreig
sortie
pother
ballyhoo
wrangling
bluster
tiff
blather
whirl
bobbery
foofaraw
welter
squall
nasty fight
williwaw
hurly
street fight
physical encounter
turf war
wrestling match
power struggle
clamour
UK
clamor
US
uprising
armed struggle
eruption
agitation
restlessness
argy-bargy
big scene
helter-skelter
bunfight
siege
blitz
squabble
discord
conflagration
dispute
dissension
throes
bovver
jostle
offensive
jump
go
difficulty
round
free fight
rift
contretemps
boxing match
armed confrontation
armed clash
rupture
strike
showdown
stramash
field
prize fight
velitation
warring
meeting
embroilment
spar
infighting
sparring
mishap
press
carnage
barrage
raid
wrestling bout
race
battle royale
brush-off
push
movement
bombing
striving
opposition
military fight
military action
passage of arms
military operation
cut and thrust
fist-fight
zoo
flurry
din
outcry
significant contact
lather
outburst
fever
fret
outbreak
scramble
anarchy
mêlée
cacophony
jam
grind
undertaking
farce
farcicality
fun
ridiculousness
senselessness
flare-up
hue and cry
monkey business
lawlessness
turbulence
trouble
frenzy
misrule
tug of war
anarchism
wilding
vandalism
shivaree
wingding
street fighting
violent disorder
mob violence
kerfuffle
tremor
moil
do
coil
quake
stew
explosion
corroboree
stink
hurry-scurry
clutter
shock
splore
insurrection
distraction
hindrance
ferment
disarrangement
spasm
hoo-hah
hurry-skurry
alarums and excursions
hoo-ha
big stink
hubble-bubble
disruption
rioting
hurry
hurricane
convulsion
ructions
aggro
noise
hot war
carry-on
line of duty
cyberwar
cold war
scuffling
discontent
dissatisfaction
grief
rebellion
tour
revolution
mutiny
vendetta
havoc
harassment
threat
tour of duty
call of duty
unruliness
mayhem
chaos
perturbation
excitement
hazard
menace
folderol
disquiet
bedlam
crisis
butchery
killing
slaying
battles
slaughter
skirmishing
maelstrom
activity
palaver
splash
excitation
massacre
bloodletting
murder
discomposure
dither
fermentation
fireworks
pantomime
terrorism
hustle
tamasha
backwash
annoyance
production
combustion
jousting
roughhousing
brawling
high noon
tizzy
discombobulation
song and dance
hustle and bustle
fuss and bother
bobsy-die
hell broke loose
entanglement
imbroglio
snafu
punch out
mob rule
reign of terror
rhubarb
hubba-hubba
more ❯
“Oh! It's only a drunken
fray
, a fight in the liquor store.”
Noun
▲
An argument or disagreement
argument
dispute
disagreement
squabble
spat
tiff
quarrel
row
bicker
bickering
disputation
disturbance
exchange
afters
rammy
words
shindig
shindy
confrontation
squabbling
swedge
argy-bargy
difference of opinion
argle-bargle
shouting match
war of words
slanging match
bit of argy-bargy
acrimonious exchange
fight
clash
brawl
scrap
hassle
wrangle
donnybrook
fracas
altercation
rhubarb
conflict
broil
battle
run-in
free-for-all
battle royal
set-to
contretemps
misunderstanding
controversy
skirmish
affray
kickup
imbroglio
scuffle
melee
brush
barney
ruckus
riot
contest
ruction
combat
miff
contention
disorder
threap
collieshangie
scrape
clamour
UK
clamor
US
encounter
falling-out
bust-up
rough-and-tumble
ding-dong
dust-up
cross fire
feud
scene
dissension
rumble
duke out
embroilment
bunfight
tracasseries
tracasserie
engagement
talking-to
knock-down-drag-out
action
bout
collision
flap
violence
rumpus
face-off
rencounter
velitation
head-to-head
tussle
struggle
scrimmage
dustup
scrum
ruck
commotion
uproar
tumult
upset
whirl
turmoil
agitation
try
turf war
more ❯
“Indeed, we would rather not write this chapter and so enter the heated
fray
about this, the biggest question about the mind.”
Noun
▲
An effort to reach a goal
struggle
battle
fight
scrabble
throes
throe
“A number of other researchers have entered the
fray
to discover the cognitive structure of everyday concepts, beliefs, theories and explanations.”
Verb
▲
To wear away or cause damage through applied friction
abrade
chafe
rasp
erode
wear
rub
gall
frazzle
fret
corrade
shred
tatter
unravel
tear
distress
rip
ravel
wear away
wear thin
become worn
wear out
wear through
become ragged
become tattered
become threadbare
go through
come apart
go into holes
scrape
corrode
scour
grate
scratch
file
grind
excoriate
graze
scuff
skin
decay
wear down
bite into
scrape away
gnaw away at
grind down
consume
impair
deteriorate
waste
bark
gnaw
eat
irritate
crumble
triturate
raze
eat away
eat away at
rub down
sand
buff
pinch
nibble
sandpaper
hurt
burnish
damage
peel
burn
rub against
rub raw
devour
rub painfully
bite at
make ragged
spoil
wear threadbare
wear to shreds
eat into
flay
strip
roughen
rend
erase
trash
wear off
rub off
scrape out
rive
ribbon
make worn
come to the end of its life
become useless
make threadbare
wear holes in
show signs of wear
mince
pulverize
US
crush
granulate
macerate
smash
mash
fragment
sliver
pulverise
UK
shave
rub into pieces
dissolve
use
weather
fade
bother
overwork
tax
overuse
undermine
rub away
gnaw away
crumble away
wash away
grind away
waste away
scrape off
cut down
use up
go to seed
score
cut
lacerate
etch
nick
polish
pare
scrub
rot
oxidate
flake
burn into
wound
brush
rust
mark
husk
hull
shuck
snick
oxidize
US
smooth
drag
tarnish
decorticate
furbish
corrupt
hone
incise
destroy
clean
gouge
decompose
gash
scarify
oxidise
UK
bite
engrave
melt
burn through
scuff up
make a mark on
remove
notch
thin
chip
sear
shell
denude
rake
break the skin of
excorticate
scale
disintegrate
dent
clear
frot
peel away
scar
dissipate
exhaust
liquefy
shape
strip away
take off
refine
inflame
groove
key
scrawl on
finish
level
deface
blister
prick
scrabble
swab
run through
vaporize
US
ablate
vaporise
UK
grit
gnash
exfoliate
chip away at
crunch
scrunch
canker
wash
scrub down
cleanse
shine
wipe
mop
flush
purge
whiten
dight
pumice
buff up
more ❯
“The paper was thin and the edges were beginning to
fray
from age.”
Verb
▲
To emotionally tax or strain
strain
tax
irritate
overtax
make edgy
make tense
put on edge
sap
drain
overstep
test
stretch
make excessive demands on
put a strain on
make severe demands on
exceed the scope of
exceed the range of
use up
be too much for
exceed the limits of
challenge
try
make demands on
push
overstretch
wear out
overextend
work over
put demands on
put great demands on
be exacting on
weary
impose on
task
exhaust
enervate
empty
tire
overwork
fatigue
overuse
oppress
stress
pressure
push too far
weigh heavily on
prey on
make heavy demands on
press hard on
ask too much of
put pressure on
“And as nerves
fray
and tempers rise, you can be assured of a catty remark or backstage rumpus.”
Verb
▲
To make a long tear or cut in
rip
cut
slash
tear
gash
slit
rend
slice
lacerate
incise
hack
split
shear
claw
score
mutilate
mangle
cleave
savage
burst
frazzle
break
sever
divide
hew
chop
snap
lop
crack
rive
bust
sunder
bisect
halve
dissever
abscind
fractionate
quarter
chop up
scratch
graze
wound
pierce
scrape
lance
cut open
nick
injure
snag
ladder
split open
knife
carve
snick
puncture
tear apart
make an incision in
gouge
stab
maim
shred
maul
notch
mangulate
damage
rake
scrabble
perforate
scythe
chip
raze
dig
dissect
separate
part
cut to ribbons
dig into
scrabble at
tear asunder
lay open
slice up
mark
slot
run
furrow
slice open
open up
nip
destroy
jigsaw
ribbon
cut in two
chiv
cut into
slit open
cut to pieces
penetrate
claw at
tear at
saw
splinter
open
butcher
saber
US
sickle
skive
sliver
guillotine
scarify
fell
amputate
behead
sabre
UK
scissor
flitch
disunite
hole
jag
divorce
smite
hurt
scrap
serrate
crack open
paw
clapperclaw
cut up
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