Collocations for strife - noun

internal
ethnic, factional, internecine, sectarian
civil, industrial, labour/labor (esp. AmE), political, racial, religious, social
domestic, family, marital

cause, create, foment
be torn apart by, be torn by, experience
The country has been torn apart by years of civil strife.

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during the strife, in the strife
He lost his job during last year's industrial strife.

strife among, strife between
internecine strife among the nationalities of the region

a time of strife
years of strife
years of strife and suffering