• noun:   strenuous effort

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

• noun:   an energetic attempt to achieve something

  Example: "Getting through the crowd was a real struggle"

• noun:   an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
• verb:   to exert strenuous effort against opposition

  Example: "He struggled to get free from the rope"

• verb:   make a strenuous or labored effort

  Example: "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"

• verb:   be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
• verb:   climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

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