clash with

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of CLASH

to oppose (someone) in physical conflict <the Iroquois often clashed with the other Native American nations in the region>

Synonyms battle, clash (with), combat, scrimmage (with), skirmish (with), war (against)

Related Words duel, joust; bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, bludgeon, bop, buffet, clobber, hammer, hit, knock, paste, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale; box, spar; brawl; grapple, scuffle, tussle, wrestle; bump, collide

Near Antonyms give up, submit, surrender

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