dispute, confrontation, impasse, stalemate, gunfight, tussle, squabble, feud, wrangling, deadlock, negotiations, quarrel, manhunt, skirmish, showdown, conflict, scuffle, siege, imbroglio, disagreement, hostage, holdup, tiff, fracas, firefight, clashes, battle, haggling, rift, brinkmanship, logjam, tensions, negotiators, walkout, shootout, debate, rampage, contretemps, duel, saga, dickering, brawl, chase, dustup, talks, crisis, fistfight, bickering, seige, stoush, detente, lockdown, negations, gunman, struggle, acrimony, altercation, ordeal, tense, raid, intransigence, holdout, donnybrook, parleys, mediation, melee, stakeout, strife, slanging match, carjacking, deliberations, slugfest, incident, gridlock, cliffhanger, spats, unrest, bloodshed, maneuvering, catfight, hostilities, shutdown, furor, discussions, gunfire, rivalry, brouhaha, dogfight, schism, shuttle diplomacy, compromise, protests, shootings, abduction, infighting, controversy, turmoil, discord, bloodbath, crackdown, slaying, fight, blackout, bout, lull, moratorium, estrangement, postponement, spree, strike, truce, absence, batde, antiballistic, antisubmarine, intercontinental, invulnerable, launch, missile, nonnuclear, aircraft, antenatal, antiair, antiaircraft, antisatellite, antitank, armour, ballistic, centroid, closer, defense, defensive, dispersal

dead heat, stalemate

equilibrium, stand

draw, repelling, repulsion, tie