Warfare

Warfare
(Roget's Thesaurus)
<- N
PARAG:Warfare->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ warfare
warfare
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ fighting
fighting
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ hostilities
hostilities
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ war
war
arms
the sword
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ Mars
Mars
Bellona
grim visaged war
horrida bella
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ bloodshed
bloodshed
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ appeal to arms
appeal to arms
appeal to the sword
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ ordeal of battle
ordeal of battle
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ wager of battle
wager of battle
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ ultima ratio regum
ultima ratio regum
arbitrament of the sword
GRP: \\ N \\ 3
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ battle array
battle array
campaign
crusade
expedition
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ mobilization
mobilization
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ state of siege
state of siege
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ battlefield
battlefield
&c.(arena) 728
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ warpath
warpath
GRP: \\ N \\ 4
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ art of war
art of war
tactics
strategy
castrametation
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ generalship
generalship
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ soldiership
soldiership
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ military evolutions
military evolutions
ballistics
gunnery
Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ chivalry
chivalry
GRP: \\ N \\ 5
Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ gunpowder
gunpowder
shot
GRP: \\ N \\ 6
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ battle
battle
tug of war
&c.(contention) 720
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ service
service
campaigning
active service
tented field
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ kriegspiel
kriegspiel
Kriegsspiel
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ fire cross
fire cross
trumpet
clarion
bugle
pibroch
slogan
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ war-cry
war-cry
war-whoop
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ battle cry
battle cry
beat of drum
rappel
tom-tom
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ calumet of war
calumet of war
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ word of command
word of command
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ password
password
watchword
Sgm: \\ N \\ 6 \\ passage d-armes
passage d-armes
GRP: \\ N \\ 7
Sgm: \\ N \\ 7 \\ war to the death
war to the death
war to the knife
Sgm: \\ N \\ 7 \\ guerre a mort
guerre a mort
guerre a outrance
Sgm: \\ N \\ 7 \\ open war
open war
internecine war
civil war
PARAG:Warfare->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ arm
arm
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ raise troops
raise troops
mobilize troops
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ raise up in arms
raise up in arms
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ take up the cudgels
take up the cudgels
&c. 720
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ take up arms
take up arms
fly to arms
appeal to arms
fly to the sword
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ draw the sword
draw the sword
unsheathe the sword
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ dig up the hatchet
dig up the hatchet
dig up the tomahawk
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ go to war
go to war
wage war
'let slip the dogs of war'
=>(Julius Caesar)
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ cry havoc
cry havoc
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ kindle the torch of war
kindle the torch of war
light the torch of war
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ raise one's banner
raise one's banner
raise the fire cross
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ hoist the black flag
hoist the black flag
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ throw away
throw away
fling away the scabbard
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ enroll
enroll
enlist
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ take the field
take the field
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ take the law into one's own hands
take the law into one's own hands
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ do battle
do battle
give battle
join battle
engage in battle
go to battle
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ flesh one's sword
flesh one's sword
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ set to
set to
fall to
engage
measure swords with
draw the trigger
cross swords
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ come to blows
come to blows
come to close quarters
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ fight
fight
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ combat
combat
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ contend
contend
&c. 720
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ battle with
battle with
break a lance with
GRP: \\ V \\ 2
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ serve
serve
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ see service
see service
be on service
be on active service
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ campaign
campaign
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ wield the sword
wield the sword
shoulder a musket
smell powder
be under fire
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ spill blood
spill blood
imbrue the hands in blood
Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ on the warpath
on the warpath
GRP: \\ V \\ 3
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ carry on war
carry on war
carry on hostilities
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ keep the field
keep the field
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ fight the good fight
fight the good fight
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ fight it out
fight it out
fight like devils
fight one's way
fight hand to hand
Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ sell one's life dearly
sell one's life dearly
PARAG:Warfare->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ contending
contending
contentious
&c. 720
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ armed
armed
armed to the teeth
armed cap-a-pie
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ sword in hand
sword in hand
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ in arms
in arms
under arms
up in arms
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ at war with
at war with
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ bristling with arms
bristling with arms
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ in battle array
in battle array
in open arms
in the field
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ embattled
embattled
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ battled
battled
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ unpacific
unpacific
unpeaceful
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ belligerent
belligerent
combative
armigerous
bellicose
martial
warlike
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ military
military
militant
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ soldier-like
soldier-like
soldierly
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 3
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ chivalrous
chivalrous
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ strategical
strategical
internecine
PARAG:Warfare->Adv
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ flagrante bello
flagrante bello
in the thick of the fray
in the cannon's mouth
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ at the sword's point
at the sword's point
at the point of the bayonet
PARAG:Warfare->Int
GRP: \\ Int \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Int \\ 1 \\ vae victis
vae victis
=>!
to arms
=>!
to your tents O Israel
=>!

English dictionary for students. 2013.

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