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strife

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
strife/strʌɪf/

▶noun

1 angry or bitter disagreement; conflict.

2 Austral./NZ trouble or difficulty of any kind.

– origin ME: shortening of OFr. estrif (rel. to OFr. estriver ‘strive’).

'strife' also found in these Oxford entries:

eristic - fitna - foment - loosestrife - sedition - strive - trouble

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