Synonyms for war
wɑrwar

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1. warnoun

   Antonyms:
   peace

2. warnoun

   To engage in conflict (may be followed by with to specify the foe).

   Antonyms:
   peace

3. warnoun

   To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

   That thou mightest war a good warfare. Tim. i. 18.

   Antonyms:
   peace

4. warnoun

   Antonyms:
   peace

5. warnoun

   Antonyms:
   peace

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1. war

   Synonyms:
   antagonism, discord, disunion, divorce, enmity, hostility, schism, secession, separation

   Antonyms:
   alliance, coalition, compact, confederacy, confederation, federation, fusion, league, partnership, union

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1. war, warfarenoun

   the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

   "thousands of people were killed in the war"

   Synonyms:
   warfare, state of war

   Antonyms:
   peace, make peace

2. war, state of warnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   warfare, state of war

   Antonyms:
   peace, make peace

3. war, warfarenoun

   an active struggle between competing entities

   "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"

   Synonyms:
   warfare, state of war

   Antonyms:
   peace, make peace

4. warverb

   a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious

   "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"

   Synonyms:
   warfare, state of war

   Antonyms:
   peace, make peace

5. warverb

   make or wage war

   Antonyms:
   peace, make peace

Matched Categories

1. • Conflict
   • Fight

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1. warnoun

   Synonyms:
   hostilities, fighting, warfare, ULTIMA RATIO REGUM, the last argument of kings

2. warnoun

   Synonyms:
   art of war, profession of arms

3. warverb

   Synonyms:
   make war, carry on war

4. warverb

   Synonyms:
   contend, fight, strive

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1. warnoun

   Synonyms:
   hostilities, warfare, strife, battle, crusade, belligerence

   Associated words:
   bellona, mars, belligerent, bellicose, tactics, casus belli, strategy, cartel, campaign, mobilize, mobilization, demobilize, demobilization, munitions, disarmament

2. warverb

   Synonyms:
   contend, fight, combat, militate, wage war

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1. List of paraphrases for "war":

   warfare, wars, guerre, kara, guerra, wartime, fight, karo, battle, karas, oorlog, harb, conflict, krieg, war-, fighting, war-risk, strife

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How to use war in a sentence?

1. Denys Shmyhal:

   The Russian authorities unleash this bloody war. They caused this massive destruction and they should be held accountable for it.

2. Allison Jaslow:

   I get it. The VA was designed for a male population, and culture change is hard, but we’re talking 16 years we’ve been at war in Afghanistan. Women veterans are still feeling invisible and articulating they don’t feel comfortable at the VA. At what point are we going to get serious about addressing this?

3. Eric Viloria:

   It's tough to say whether it will spiral further because it's so fluid. It does weigh on sentiment at times, our base case is that there won't be a trade war.

4. David Russell:

   When I was in the VA hospital there in San Francisco, they said, ‘We want you to talk about World War II.’ And I said, I told them, I said, ‘When we talk about it, people don’t believe us. They just walk away.’ So now people want to know more about it so we’re trying to talk about it. We’re trying to talk about it, and we’re just telling them what we saw, you can’t forget it.

5. James Acton:

   Fukushima is a better analogy than Chernobyl, in this event, evacuations may be required for tens of kilometers around the plant, especially downwind. In the middle of a war those would be exceptionally dangerous.