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Struggle

/ˈstrʌɡəl/

A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.

📖 Definitions of "Struggle"

noun
  1. 1

    A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.

  2. 2

    Strife, contention, great effort.

verb
  1. 1

    To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.

    "During the centuries, the people of Ireland struggled constantly to assert their right to govern themselves."

  2. 2

    To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

    "She struggled to escape from her assailant's grasp."

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