noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ internal
▪ ethnic , factional , internecine , sectarian
▪ civil , industrial , labour/labor ( esp. AmE ), political , racial , religious , social
▪ domestic , family , marital
VERB + STRIFE
▪ cause , create , foment
▪ be torn apart by , be torn by , experience
▪
The country has been torn apart by years of civil ~.
▪ end
PREPOSITION
▪ during the ~ , in the ~
▪
He lost his job during last year's industrial ~.
▪ ~ among , ~ between
▪
internecine ~ among the nationalities of the region
PHRASES
▪ a time of ~
▪ years of ~
▪
years of ~ and suffering