Contend
Contend verb - To engage in a contest.
Fight with and contend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fight with" instead a verb "Contend".
Fight with
Contend and fight with are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contend" instead a verb "Fight with".
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Both terms in one sentence
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In The Bridge, a team fight with Gigan, Megalon, and Irys having to contend with Grand King Ghidorah results in this when Megalon bombards Ghidorah with a barrage of napalm grenades.
Source: Infernal Retaliation
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Fight with and Contend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contend/fight_with
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