war
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war |
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American Revolution, Ares, Athena, Balkan Wars, Bellona, Boer War, Civil War, Crimean War, Crusades, Enyo, Franco-Prussian War, French Revolution, Gallic Wars, Greco-Persian Wars,
Indian Wars, Indochina War, Kilkenny cats, Korean
War, Mars, Mexican War, Minerva,
Napoleonic Wars, Odin, Peloponnesian Wars, Persian Wars, Punic Wars, Russian Revolution, Russo-Japanese War,
Sino-Japanese War, Six Day War, Southeast Asian War, Tiu, Tyr, Vietnam War, Woden, World War I, Wotan, all-out war, altercation, appeal to arms, argument, armed combat, armed conflict, arms, art of war,
attack, attempt, battle, belligerence, belligerency, bickering, bloodshed, box, brawl, broil, campaign,
carry on hostilities, cat-and-dog life, challenge, chivalry, clash, close,
collide, combat, come to blows,
conflict, contend, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, crusade, cut and thrust, debate, disputation, dispute, drive, duel, endeavor, engage, engage in hostilities, enmity, essay, exchange blows, expedition, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, fighting, generalship, give and take, give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, holy war,
hostilities, hostility, hot war,
jihad, jostle, joust,
knighthood, la guerre, litigation,
logomachy, make war, might of arms, military operations, mix it up, open hostilities, open war, oppugn, paper war, polemic, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, rassle, resort to arms, riot,
run a tilt, scramble, scrapping, scuffle, shed blood, shooting war, skirmish, spar, spill blood, squabbling, state of war, strife, strive, struggle, take on,
the sword, thrust and parry, tilt, total war, tourney, tug, tussle, wage war, war of words, warfare, warmaking, warring, wartime, words, wrangling, wrestle
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at war |
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against the grain, against the tide, against the wind,
antagonistic, antipathetic, at cross-purposes, at daggers, at daggers drawn, at
feud, at issue, at loggerheads, at
odds, at square, at strife, at variance, at war with, athwart, clashing, contra, contradictory, contrariwise, contrary, counter, cranky,
cross, differing, disaccordant, disagreeable, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, disharmonious, disproportionate, dissident,
dissonant, divergent, eyeball-to-eyeball, grating, hostile, immiscible, in confrontation, in hostile array, in
opposition, inaccordant, incompatible, inharmonious, jangling, jarring,
negative, out of accord, out of
whack, repugnant, uncongenial, unharmonious, up in arms, variant, with crossed bayonets
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holy war |
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Armageddon, brushfire war, campaign,
civil war, crusade, drive,
expedition, general war, global war, jihad, limited war, police action, preventive war,
religious war, revolutionary war, undeclared war, war, war of independence, world war
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state of war |
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all-out war, appeal to arms, armed combat, armed conflict, attack, battle, belligerence, belligerency, bloodshed, combat, fighting, hostilities,
hot war, la guerre, might of arms, military operations, open hostilities, open war, resort to arms,
shooting war, the sword, total war, war, warfare, warmaking, warring, wartime
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tug-of-war |
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action, aerial combat, affray, armored combat, attraction, battle, battle royal, brush, bullfight, clash, clash of arms, cockfight,
combat, conflict, dogfight,
draft, drawing, drayage, embroilment, exchange of blows, extraction, fight, fire fight, fray, ground combat, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight,
haulage, hauling, heaving, house-to-house combat, naval combat, passage of arms, pitched battle,
pull, pulling, pulling power, quarrel, rumble, running fight, scramble, scrimmage, scuffle, shoving match, skirmish, stand-up fight, street fight, struggle,
tauromachy, towage, towing, traction, tractive power, tugging, tussle
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wage war |
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battle, box, brawl, broil, carry on hostilities, clash, close, collide, combat, come to blows, contend, contest, cut and thrust, duel, engage in hostilities, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, give and take,
give satisfaction, grapple, grapple
with, jostle, joust, make war,
mix it up, quarrel, rassle, riot, run a tilt, scramble, scuffle, shed blood, skirmish, spar, spill blood, strive, struggle, thrust and parry, tilt, tourney, tussle, war, wrestle
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war cry |
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Angelus, Angelus bell, alarm, alarum, bark, battle cry, bawl, bellow, bid to combat, birdcall, bugle call, call-up, call, call to arms, catchword, caterwaul, challenge, cheer, clarion, clarion call, conscription, cry, dare,
defi, defy, double dare, exhortation, gage, gage of battle, gauntlet, glove, go for broke,
gung ho, halloo, holler,
hollo, hoot, howl,
hurrah, last post, levy,
mobilization, moose call, motto,
muster, rally, rallying cry, rebel yell, recruitment, reveille, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, slogan, squall, squeal,
summons, taps, trumpet call,
war whoop, watchword, whistle,
whoop, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yo-ho, yowl
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war paint |
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Sunday best, base, bravery,
clown white, cold cream, compact,
cosmetics, drugstore complexion, eye shadow, eyebrow pencil, face, foundation, foundation cream, frippery, full dress, greasepaint, hand cream, hand lotion, lip rouge,
lipstick, makeup, mascara, mudpack, nail polish, paint, powder, powder puff, puff, regalia, rouge, talcum, talcum powder, vanishing cream, vanity case
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war-horse |
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Houyhnhnm, Tammany man, beldam, brood mare, campaigner, charger, colt, courser, critter,
crone, dame, dobbin, dowager, entire, entire horse, equine, filly, foal, frump, gelding, grandam, grandmother, granny, hag, horse, machine politician, mare, mount, nag,
old-timer, old battle-ax, old campaigner, old dame, old girl, old granny, old hand, old lady, old pro, old salt, old
sea dog, old soldier, old trot, old wife, old woman, party boss, party chieftain, party leader,
pol, political hack, political leader, politician, prancer, professional politician, reform politician,
reformer, salt, seasoned veteran,
shellback, stallion, steed,
stud, studhorse, tarpan, top horse, trooper, trot, vet, veteran, wheelhorse, wild horse, witch
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Main entries similar to: war
altercation, argument, arms, attack, battle, belligerence, bicker, bickering, bloodshed, box, brawl, broil, campaign,
chivalry, clash, close, collide, combat, conflict, contend, contest, controversy, crusade, debate, defend, dispute, drive, duel, encounter, enmity, expedition,
fence, feud, fight, fighting, generalship, grapple, grapple with, holy war, hostilities, hostility, jostle, joust, knighthood, litigation, logomachy, military operations, oppugn, polemic, quarrel, riot, scramble, scuffle, skirmish, spar, state of war, strife, strive, struggle, tilt, tourney, tug, tussle, wage war,
warfare, warring, wartime, wrangling, wrestle
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