Purpose

The desired result of the outcome of the hostile encounter for the Side_1 or for all the Sides collectively. It may either directly refer to the state of affairs that is desired, e.g. He dueled with his former second to defend the honour of the man he had killed . or it the state of affairs may be implicit in an (abstract or concrete) entity that they desire, e.g. Rival Democratic presidential candidates Mr Bill Clinton and Mr Jerry Brown taunted each other at the weekend as mudslinging in the battle for votes in tomorrow's crucial New York primary reached a new low.