clashes (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of clash (with)
as in fights
to oppose (someone) in physical conflict the Iroquois often clashed with the other Native American nations in the region

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  1. fights
  2. battles
  3. combats
Verb
  • First Officer Becca Bang (Ariana DeBose) fights to survive a hostile alien past.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In Westeros, everyone always fights about the Iron Throne—a chair like an iron cowlick, constructed with actual swords seized from vanquished enemies, jutting every which way.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of fights
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  • The rapid growth comes as the company battles its longtime rival OpenAI to win over corporate customers.
    — Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Sactown will have to wait a little longer for some backflipping good music as Benson Boone battles vocal issues.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of battles
Verb
  • One of the ways Landers combats this tendency is to be radically transparent.
    — Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Whereas Kiana Murden, Vogue’s beauty shopping editor, says the perfect SPF is one that’s both lightweight and combats oily, prone skin.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 17 July 2026
Definition of combats
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“Clashes (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clashes%20%28with%29. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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