Definitions
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
Word origin
From Latin cōnflīctus, from com- + flīctus, past participle of conflīgō (“to strike together”), from com- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence con-).
Used in a sentence
“The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.”
“I wanted to attend the meeting but there's a conflict in my schedule that day.”
“[T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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