conflict
verb (used without object)
to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash.
conflictive
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a word derived from
conflict.
Example Sentences
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“If he is able to explain his plan to the U.S., and bridge the deep urban-rural divide that has long been Colombia’s biggest challenge, then it doesn’t have to be a conflictive relationship,” said Whitaker.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
And then I was just like, “OK, that’s a conflictive statement.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
Work by a group of Democratic and Republican senators to hammer out the compromise went "beyond the headlines, beyond partisan sound bites, beyond the culture of instant outrage, disinformation and conflictive entertainment," he said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2021
We started Vision Zero to reduce fatalities – so that will create a change in the urban environment – identifying conflictive roads, for instance.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2015
To do so, it must contain within itself both the operating cause and the resulting effect, which is at once an incongruent and conflictive judgment.
From Life: Its True Genesis by R. W. Wright
