war as a noun: 1 2 3 4 1
war warfare action military action limited war psychological warfare war of nerves civil war chemical operations chemical warfare bioattack biologic attack biological attack biological warfare BW information warfare IW world war hot war Chino-Japanese War Sino-Japanese War Macedonian War Arab-Israeli War Six-Day War Six Day War Arab-Israeli War Yom Kippur War Balkan Wars Boer War Crimean War Franco-Prussian War French and Indian War Hundred Years' War Gulf War Iran-Iraq War jump to corresponding sense entry
war noun
1 war The waging of armed conflict against an enemy:— Thousands of people were killed in the war.
synonym: warfare .
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)
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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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Dutch: krijgsvoering, krijg, oorlog, krijgsbedrijf, oorlogvoering Polish: wojna
2 war A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply:— War was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring.
synonym: state of war .
3 war An active struggle between competing entities:— A price war.
synonym: warfare .
4 war A concerted campaign to end something that is injurious.
Polish: walka
verb
1 war Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more .
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