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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
row
encounter
fisticuffs
disturbance
shindy
dogfight
wrangle
tumult
war
brush
shindig
strife
uproar
stoush
afters
duel
warfare
swedge
brannigan
bout
roughhouse
brouhaha
rammy
quarrel
face-off
attack
hostilities
boilover
assault
fuss
contention
rivalry
rough and tumble
run-in
breach of the peace
disorder
fighting
joust
match
feud
rencounter
hostility
grapple
ding-dong
action
sparring match
fist fight
to-do
duke out
exchange of blows
tug-of-war
furore
UK
collision
bloodshed
bangarang
knock-down-drag-out
hullabaloo
head-to-head
racket
furor
US
rough house
flap
turmoil
tangle
stir
storm
barney
scrape
violence
campaign
incident
bother
square go
hubbub
ado
sweepstakes
mix-up
upheaval
hurly-burly
shoot-out
sweep-stake
ball game
exchange
stooshie
onslaught
stand-up
onset
spat
unrest
scene
tiff
slugfest
scrabble
pandemonium
rampage
crusade
confusion
hoopla
bustle
clatter
blitzkreig
sortie
pother
ballyhoo
wrangling
bluster
wrestling match
blather
whirl
bobbery
foofaraw
welter
squall
nasty fight
outbreak of violence
williwaw
hurly
street fight
physical encounter
turf war
power struggle
clamour
UK
clamor
US
uprising
armed struggle
eruption
agitation
restlessness
argy-bargy
big scene
helter-skelter
jostle
mill
free fight
stramash
words
bunfight
siege
blitz
scramble
squabble
discord
conflagration
dispute
dissension
throes
bovver
jump
go
shuffle
offensive
miff
difficulty
round
jam
grind
undertaking
contretemps
boxing match
armed confrontation
armed clash
bit of argy-bargy
strike
field
prize fight
rift
infighting
sparring
mishap
rupture
meeting
showdown
tug of war
raid
warring
wrestling bout
embroilment
spar
press
carnage
barrage
battle royale
brush-off
push
movement
bombing
opposition
race
striving
military action
passage of arms
military operation
military fight
cut and thrust
zoo
flurry
din
outcry
lather
significant contact
outburst
fever
fret
outbreak
mêlée
cacophony
farce
farcicality
fun
ridiculousness
senselessness
flare-up
hue and cry
monkey business
velitation
anarchy
lawlessness
fist-fight
turbulence
trouble
frenzy
misrule
kerfuffle
anarchism
tremor
moil
do
coil
quake
stew
explosion
corroboree
stink
hurry-scurry
clutter
wilding
shock
splore
insurrection
distraction
hindrance
ferment
vandalism
shivaree
disarrangement
spasm
wingding
street fighting
violent disorder
mob violence
hoo-hah
hurry-skurry
alarums and excursions
hoo-ha
big stink
hubble-bubble
hurry
hurricane
noise
carry-on
chaos
bedlam
mayhem
disruption
excitement
havoc
craze
babel
hype
hell broke loose
palaver
song and dance
disarray
ailment
uncertainty
dither
topsy-turviness
instability
tohubohu
upset
Sturm und Drang
convulsions
clangour
UK
clangor
US
jangle
babble
yelling
shouting
all hell broken loose
enthusiasm
lunacy
fad
protest
mania
controversy
jockeying
rioting
butchery
massacre
bloodletting
killing
murder
slaying
punch out
battles
slaughter
jousting
roughhousing
brawling
skirmishing
vying
hysteria
hustle
rat race
jostling
feverishness
fury
rage
state
passion
wildness
ecstasy
rush
transport
elation
euphoria
wild excitement
hubba-hubba
rhubarb
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“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
clash
brawl
fight
fracas
altercation
donnybrook
free-for-all
battle
conflict
scrap
melee
ruckus
hassle
battle royal
broil
riot
wrangle
rhubarb
run-in
tussle
set-to
struggle
affray
feud
rumble
engagement
contretemps
bout
misunderstanding
controversy
skirmish
rough-and-tumble
scuffle
kickup
imbroglio
brush
ruction
barney
disorder
contest
combat
miff
contention
threap
collieshangie
scrape
clamour
UK
clamor
US
encounter
falling-out
bust-up
ding-dong
dust-up
cross fire
dogfight
fisticuffs
war
scene
dissension
slugfest
duke out
bunfight
embroilment
tracasseries
tracasserie
action
talking-to
knock-down-drag-out
collision
flap
violence
rumpus
face-off
rencounter
velitation
head-to-head
scrimmage
dustup
scrum
ruck
commotion
uproar
tumult
upset
whirl
turmoil
agitation
try
turf war
brouhaha
tangle
yike
debate
flare-up
stand-up
arguing
argumentation
discourse
discussion
hubbub
fuss
wrangling
sparring
beef
powwow
conversation
quarrelling
UK
bagarre
polemic
fireworks
squall
refuting
quarreling
US
rebutting
bone of contention
verbal sparring
exchange of views
back-and-forth
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
grate
scratch
file
scour
grind
excoriate
graze
scuff
skin
wear down
bite into
gnaw away at
impair
deteriorate
waste
bark
irritate
decay
crumble
triturate
raze
scrape away
eat away at
rub down
grind down
sand
buff
pinch
sandpaper
hurt
burnish
damage
peel
burn
rub against
rub raw
rub painfully
nibble
make ragged
gnaw
eat
wear to shreds
bite at
flay
wear threadbare
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
consume
dissolve
use
weather
fade
bother
overwork
tax
overuse
undermine
eat away
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
mark
rot
spoil
polish
snick
scrub
pare
incise
eat into
burn into
flake
wound
destroy
brush
gouge
oxidate
rust
gash
bite
husk
hull
shuck
notch
smooth
decorticate
clean
drag
furbish
oxidize
US
hone
disintegrate
scarify
corrupt
tarnish
engrave
oxidise
UK
melt
decompose
burn through
chip away at
scuff up
make a mark on
remove
chip
sear
shell
thin
dent
denude
rake
break the skin of
excorticate
scale
weaken
scar
strip away
peel away
canker
clear
devour
deface
inflame
shape
lessen
sap
diminish
take off
blister
refine
vaporize
US
ablate
vaporise
UK
groove
key
scrawl on
finish
level
prick
scrabble
dissipate
exhaust
liquefy
swab
grit
gnash
break up
cleanse
exfoliate
run through
slash
slit
crunch
scrunch
wash
slice
scrub down
wipe
purge
flush
whiten
shear
pierce
dight
shine
carve
split
furrow
puncture
buff up
mop
pumice
cleave
lance
nip
cut open
tear apart
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
separate
part
dissect
rupture
intersect
cut across
pierce
tear apart
tear asunder
cut up
cross
disunite
scratch
shred
rift
scrape
gouge
pull apart
graze
rip asunder
dichotomize
cut open
rip in two
split down the middle
cut down
cut in half
puncture
lance
slice up
split open
cut in two
hack down
saw down
cut into pieces
break in two
intercut
crosscut
traverse
maim
wound
saw
maul
stab
tatter
ribbon
splinter
injure
hurt
butcher
knife
dice
rip apart
open
transect
bring down
jag
damage
mangulate
break apart
wrest
fracture
disturb
pull
shatter
disrupt
disintegrate
serrate
harm
divorce
smite
cube
cut into cubes
crack open
tear to pieces
tear in two
rip to pieces
nick
lay open
mark
notch
come apart
snick
fell
carve
axe
UK
mow
chop down
bifurcate
furrow
abrade
dimidiate
hemisect
divide in two
furcate
divaricate
fork
nip
ax
US
branch off
split in two
separate into two
more ❯
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