Sentence:  These incidents , typical of many others , dramatize the distressing fact that no controversy during the last several decades has caused <WSD>more</WSD> tension , rancor and strife among religious groups in this country than the birth-control issue . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree