Synonyms for civil war
civ·il war

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1. civil warnoun

   Synonyms:
   intestine war

2. civil warnoun

   A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or the citizens of a single republic.

   Synonyms:
   intestine war

Princeton's WordNet

1. civil warnoun

   a war between factions in the same country

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1. John Miller:

   The propensity of the violence sometimes boils down to the individual, nothing compares to any past threats ; we have never had Americans fighting Americans on the streets of the nation's capital probably since the Civil War.

2. Secretary Carter:

   The result of this kind of action will inevitably, simply be to inflame the civil war in Syria.

3. President Buhari:

   Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand.

4. Greg Dow:

   He started collecting because of his interest in the Civil War and military history, but then he became interested in Lincoln and the assassination.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   It is essential that the world does more to deter Assad from committing future murderous atrocities, but the action taken last night needs to be followed by a broader strategy to end Syria's civil war.