appeal to arms
verb
Roget 722:
arm;
raise troops,
mobilize troops;
raise up in arms;
take up the cudgels
etc.
720;
take up arms,
fly to arms,
appeal to arms,
fly to the sword;
draw the sword,
unsheathe the sword;
dig up the hatchet,
dig up the tomahawk;
go to war,
wage war,
let slip the dogs of war"
[Julius Caesar];
cry havoc;
kindle the torch of war,
light the torch of war;
raise one's banner,
raise the fire cross;
hoist the black flag;
throw away,
fling away the scabbard;
enroll,
enlist;
take the field;
take the law into one's own hands;
do battle,
give battle,
join battle,
engage in battle,
go to battle;
flesh one's sword;
set to,
fall to,
engage,
measure swords with,
draw the trigger,
cross swords;
come to blows,
come to close quarters;
fight;
combat;
contend
etc.
720;
battle with,
break a lance with.
[pirates engage in battle]
raise the jolly roger,
run up the jolly roger.
serve;
see service,
be on service,
be on active service;
campaign;
wield the sword,
shoulder a musket,
smell powder,
be under fire;
spill blood,
imbrue the hands in blood;
on the warpath.
carry on war,
carry on hostilities;
keep the field;
fight the good fight;
fight it out,
fight like devils,
fight one's way,
fight hand to hand;
sell one's life dearly;
pay the ferryman's fee.
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Roget 720:
contend;
contest,
strive,
struggle,
scramble,
wrestle;
spar,
square;
exchange blows,
exchange fisticuffs;
fib†,
justle†,
tussle,
tilt,
box,
stave,
fence;
skirmish;
pickeer†;
fight
etc.
(war)
722;
wrangle
etc.
(quarrel)
713.
contend with
&c.,
grapple with,
engage with,
close with,
buckle with,
bandy with,
try conclusions with,
have a brush
etc.
n..
with,
tilt with;
encounter,
fall foul of,
pitch into,
clapperclaw†,
run a tilt at;
oppose
etc.
708;
reluct.
join issue,
come to blows,
go to loggerheads,
set to,
come to the scratch,
exchange shots,
measure swords,
meet hand to hand;
take up the cudgels,
take up the glove,
take up the gauntlet;
enter the lists;
couch one's lance;
give satisfaction;
appeal to arms;
etc.
(warfare)
722.
lay about one;
break the peace.
compete with,
cope with,
vie with,
race with;
outvie†,
emulate,
rival;
run a race;
contend for
&c.,
stipulate for,
stickle for;
insist upon,
make a point of.
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noun
Roget 722:
warfare;
fighting
etc.
v.;
hostilities;
war,
arms,
the sword;
Mars,
Bellona,
grim visaged war,
horrida bella [Lat.];
bloodshed.
appeal to arms,
appeal to the sword;
ordeal of battle;
wager of battle;
ultima ratio regum [Lat.],
arbitrament of the sword.
battle array,
campaign,
crusade,
expedition,
operations;
mobilization;
state of siege;
battlefield,
theater of operations
etc.
(arena)
728;
warpath.
art of war,
tactics,
strategy,
castrametation†;
generalship;
soldiership;
logistics;
military evolutions,
ballistics,
gunnery;
chivalry.
gunpowder,
shot.
battle,
tug of war
etc.
(contention)
720;
service,
campaigning,
active service,
tented field;
kriegspiel [G.],
Kriegsspiel [G.];
fire cross,
trumpet,
clarion,
bugle,
pibroch†,
slogan;
war-cry,
war-whoop;
battle cry,
beat of drum,
rappel,
tom-tom;
calumet of war;
word of command;
password,
watchword;
passage d-armes [Fr.].
war to the death,
war to the knife;
guerre a mort [Fr.],
guerre a outrance [Fr.];
open war,
internecine war,
civil war.
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Roget 720:
contention,
strife;
contest,
contestation†;
struggle;
belligerency;
opposition
etc.
708.
controversy,
polemics;
debate
etc.
(discussion)
476;
war of words,
logomachy†,
litigation;
paper war;
high words
etc.
(quarrel)
713;
sparring
etc.
v..
competition,
rivalry;
corrivalry†,
corrivalship†,
agonism†,
concours†,
match,
race,
horse racing,
heat,
steeple chase,
handicap;
regatta;
field day;
sham fight,
Derby day;
turf,
sporting,
bullfight,
tauromachy†,
gymkhana†;
boat race,
torpids†.
wrestling,
greco-roman wrestling;
pugilism,
boxing,
fisticuffs,
the manly art of self-defense;
spar,
mill,
set-to,
round,
bout,
event,
prize fighting;
quarterstaff,
single stick;
gladiatorship†,
gymnastics;
jiujitsu,
jujutsu,
kooshti†,
sumo;
athletics,
athletic sports;
games of skill
etc.
840.
shindy†;
fracas
etc.
(discord)
713;
clash of arms;
tussle,
scuffle,
broil,
fray;
affray,
affrayment†;
velitation†;
colluctation†,
luctation†;
brabble†,
brigue†,
scramble,
melee,
scrimmage,
stramash†,
bushfighting†.
free fight,
stand up fight,
hand to hand,
running fight.
conflict,
skirmish;
rencounter†,
encounter;
rencontre†,
collision,
affair,
brush,
fight;
battle,
battle royal;
combat,
action,
engagement,
joust,
tournament;
tilt,
tilting [Mediev.];
tournay†,
list;
pitched battle.
death struggle,
struggle for life or death,
life or death struggle,
Armageddon†.
hard knocks,
sharp contest,
tug of war.
naval engagement,
naumachia†,
sea fight.
duel,
duello [It];
single combat,
monomachy†,
satisfaction,
passage d'armes [Fr.],
passage of arms,
affair of honor;
triangular duel;
hostile meeting,
digladiation†;
deeds of arms,
feats of arms;
appeal to arms
etc.
(warfare)
722.
pugnacity;
combativeness
etc.
adj.;
bone of contention
etc.
713.
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