Synonyms for WAR
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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, war, 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, war, 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, war, 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. Peter Schaffrik:

   When you see the narrative that the market is painting, that it is all down to the negative implications from the trade war and the reduction of global trade, it's difficult to see how any one data point will change the entire picture.

2. Woodrow Wilson:

   Once lead this people into war and they will forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance.

3. Donald Rumsfeld, http://www.dod.gov/transcripts/2004/tr20041208-secdef1761.html:

   You go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

4. Montreal GM Kent Hughes:

   It’s simple enough to say that the war in Russia creates a level of complexity or probably more uncertainty, any team picking has to balance the uncertainty of it with the potential of the player.

5. Republican Rep. Jason Lewis:

   If you're trying to suggest that that somehow I've got these horrible attitudes or because you were engaged in a provocative radio talk show, even though your record in Congress is very mainstream -- Gov Track, puts me as a moderate, i'm working with( Democratic Rep.) Bobby Scott on criminal justice reform. I wrote a number of op-eds over the years questioning the efficacy of the drug war and specifically citing its impact on minority communities. My actual record is, is fairly clear. So when you take a quote in the context of a rhetorical discussion and put it in a headline that's even worse -- I do think that's out of context.