| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| OPPOSE | Contend against | |
| MATCH | To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against. | |
| COMBAT | To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. | |
| MILITATE | To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with. | |
| FIGHT | To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. | |
| BUFFET | To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. | |
| CONTROVERT | To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate. | |
| DEBATE | To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against. | |
| DISPUTE | To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. | |
| THREAP | To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so. | |
| STRIVE | To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing op... | |