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contentious
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adjective
involving or likely to cause controversy
a central and contentious element of the book
— Tim W.Ferfuson
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adjective
(= disputatious, litigious)
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
a style described as abrasive and contentious
a disputatious lawyer
a litigious and acrimonious spirit
case
Noun
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A case is a container to hold something.
He opened the case and pulled out his violin.
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A case is a matter for police or in court.
The judge did not accept his case.
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A case is the form of a noun showing how it is used in a sentence.
The word "he" is in the subject or nominative case.
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A case is a person of a certain kind.
That man is sure a hard case.
case
Verb
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If a police officer cases a house, he or she watches it until something happens.
We were casing a house all night in Brooklyn.