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struggle

('str/@/g/@/l )

an energetic attempt to achieve something(noun.act)

Example:
Getting through the crowd was a real struggle.

Synonym:
battle

source: wordnet30
an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)(noun.act)

Synonym:
battle, conflict

source: wordnet30
strenuous effort(noun.act)

Example:
The struggle to get through the crowd exhausted her.

source: wordnet30
A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.(noun)

source: webster1913

make a strenuous or labored effort(verb.social)

Example:
She struggled for years to survive without welfare.

Synonym:
fight

source: wordnet30
to exert strenuous effort against opposition(verb.contact)

Example:
He struggled to get free from the rope.

source: wordnet30
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling(verb.motion)

Synonym:
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter

source: wordnet30
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight(verb.competition)

Synonym:
contend, fight

source: wordnet30
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.(verb)

source: webster1913

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