quarrel

quarrel
I
n.

1) to cause, lead to a quarrel (their political differences led to a bitter quarrel)

2) to have, pick, provoke, start a quarrel (he picked a quarrel with his neighbor)

3) to patch up, settle a quarrel

4) a bitter, furious, violent; long-standing; never-ending quarrel

5) a domestic, family quarrel

6) a quarrel breaks out, ensues

7) a quarrel about, over; between; with (a bitter quarrel broke out between them over the use of the telephone; he had a violent quarrel with me about the money that he had borrowed)

II
v.

1) to quarrel bitterly, furiously, violently

2) (D; intr.) to quarrel about, over; with (she quarreled with her neighbor about the noise)

* * *
['kwɒrəl]
between
ensues
family quarrel
furiously
long-standing
never-ending quarrel
settle a quarrel
violent
violently
start a quarrel (he picked a quarrel with his neighbor)
with (she quarreled with her neighbor about the noise)
lead to a quarrel (their political differences led to a bitter quarrel)
(D; intr.) to quarrel about
a bitter
a domestic
a quarrel about
a quarrel breaks out
to cause
to have
to patch up
to quarrel bitterly

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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