infights
Battles within ranks
Infights is the third-person singular of infight, meaning to engage in conflict within a group rather than against outside opponents.
The noun infighting is far more common: The party's infights distracted from the campaign.
The word suggests struggles for power or influence among people nominally on the same side.
Brief disorderly fights
- tusslesBrief physical struggles
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
- fisticuffsHand-to-hand combat
- skirmishesBrief, minor combat engagements
melees · altercations · dust-ups · punch-ups · fracas · bickering · squabbles · spats
Ongoing contests between opponents
- feudsProlonged bitter conflicts
- power strugglesConflicts over dominance
- schismsFormal organizational splits
- factionalismDivision into opposing cliques
cliques · backstabbing · jockeying · palace intrigue · turf wars · internal conflicts · splinter groups · coups
scuffles
Brief disorderly fights
- tusslesBrief physical struggles
- scrapsSmall remaining pieces
- fisticuffsHand-to-hand combat
skirmishes · melees · altercations · dust-ups · punch-ups · fracas · bickering · squabbles · spats · rows
rivalries
Ongoing contests between opponents
- feudsProlonged bitter conflicts
- power strugglesConflicts over dominance
- schismsFormal organizational splits
factionalism · cliques · backstabbing · jockeying · palace intrigue · turf wars · internal conflicts · splinter groups · coups · purges
infightscooperates
Works jointly with others
collaborates · unites · joins forces · harmonizes · allies
infightsharmonizes
Brings into agreement
reconciles · agrees · gets along · makes peace · comes together