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Look up: contentious

  1. contentious
    argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome 
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  2. contentious
    [adj] - inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits 2. [adj] - involving or likely to cause controversy
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Contentious
    Modified Comet with hydraulic suspension and fixed mount 20-pdr [UK]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  4. Contentious
    Con·ten'tious adjective [ Latin contentiosus : confer French contentieux .] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. « Despotic and contentious temper. Macaulay. » 2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. Spenser. « More cheerful, though n ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/147

  5. contentious
    combative adjective 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`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. contentious
    adjective involving or likely to cause controversy; `a central and contentious element of the book`- Tim W.Ferfuson
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Contentious
    • (a.) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. • (a.) Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. • (a.) Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. contentious
    contentious 1. Always ready to argue; quarrelsome. 2. Of, involving, or characterized by dispute; controversial.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf


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9 November 2009

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On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners , unifying a city that had been divided for over 30 years. The 28-mile (45 km) barrier dividing Germany's capital was built in 1961 to prevent East Berliners fleeing to the West, but as Communism in the Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe began to crumble, pressure mounted on the East German authorities to open the Berlin border. At midnight on 9th November East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. read more

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