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struggle

noun

ˈstrʌɡ.əl

Meaning

A forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack; a determined effort under difficult circumstances.

to try very hard to do something when it is difficult; to fight against something

The struggle for independence united the nation.

He struggled to lift the heavy box.

battle, conflict, fight, effort, strive, wrestle

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battle, conflict, fight, effort

Entry 3

fight, battle, strive, wrestle

peace, harmony, ease, surrender, succeed, achieve, accomplish

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peace, harmony, ease, surrender

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succeed, achieve, accomplish

struggle with, struggle against, struggle to, long struggle, constant struggle

To increase rapidly in numbers; to grow or spread quickly and extensively.

to make an identical reproduction of something

to find a way around an obstacle; to avoid a rule or problem cleverly

To drink, absorb, or take in (liquid, knowledge, or ideas).

to make a hole or holes through something

to make something new again or extend its period of validity