Related Clues:

• Battling it out
• Fighting it out
• Really battling it out
• Way more than feuding
• Not just squabbling
• Openly hostile
• Engaged in combat
• Beyond diplomatic niceties
• Engaged in armed conflict
• Fighting (with)
• More than bickering
• Fought part of constituency, making speech
• Not enjoying peace
• Like feudal states, often
• In open conflict