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war

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.

2 the war against drugs:

campaign, crusade, battle, fight, struggle, movement, drive, mission.

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.

word links	war
belligerent, martial relating to war

war Oxford Dictionary of English