Englishwar
noun
1 the Napoleonic wars | the outbreak of war:
conflict, warfare, combat, fighting, struggle, armed conflict, action, military action, bloodshed, contest, tussle;
battle, skirmish, fight, clash, confrontation, engagement, affray, encounter, collision, offensive, attack, blitz, siege;
campaign, crusade, feud, vendetta;
strife, hostility, enmity, antagonism, discord, disunity, animus, ill will, bad blood;
hostilities.
▷antonyms peace; truce, ceasefire; harmony.
verb
rival Emperors warred against each other:
fight, battle, combat, wage war, make war, be at war, be in conflict, conduct a war, do battle, join battle, take the field, take up arms;
feud, quarrel, struggle, strive, contend, grapple, wrangle, tilt, cross swords, lock horns, come to blows;
attack, engage, clash with, encounter, take on, set to, skirmish with, grapple with;
informal be at each other's throats, fight like cat and dog.
▷antonyms make peace.
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