war

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. &v. See warfare.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. conflict, fighting, hostilities, combat; see battle 1 ; fight 1 .

Types of wars include: air, guerrilla, shooting, ground, sea, amphibious, three-dimensional, trench, naval, aerial, land, push-button, hot, cold, total, limited, civil, revolutionary, political, religious, preventive, world, offensive, defensive, biological, bacteriological, germ, chemical, atomic, nuclear, psychological, atomic-bacteriological-chemical, chemical-bacteriological-radiological; war of attrition, war to end all wars, war of nerves, campaign, crusade, religious, holy war, jihad, Armageddon, blitzkrieg. v.

Syn. fight, battle, go to war, wage war against, make war on, engage in combat, take the field against, contend, contest, meet in conflict, march against, attack, bombard, shell, kill, shoot, murder.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

warfare, hostilities, conflict, clash, strife, contest, struggle, battle, combat, military operation, confrontation, engagement, crusade. ''Death's feast.''—George Herbert. ''A passion play performed by idiots.''—William Corum. ''A biological necessity of the first order.''—Friedrich von Bernhardi. ''That attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.''—Abraham Lincoln. ''The most successful of our cultural traditions.''—Robert Ardrey. ''Only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.''—Thomas Mann.

ANT.: peace, friendship, accord, harmony

WORD FIND

• aircraft, unmanned spy: drone, Global Hawk, Predator

• attack, intense, all-out: blitzkrieg, sweep

• attack or action: offensive

• ceasefire: armistice, truce, peace treaty

• chemical and biological agents: anthrax, botulinum, cs (tear gas), cyclosarin (nerve agent), ricin, sarin (nerve agent), sulfur mustard (blister agent), tabun (nerve agent), VX (nerve agent)

• games: maneuvers

• god of: Mars, Ares

• holy: jihad, crusade

• nuclear attck to prevent enemy nation’s nuclear attack: preemptive strike

• operation: campaign

• presence of military force in control of another’s nation: occupation

• pretext for or provocation: casus belli, act of war

• referring to: martial

• ruining an area before returning it to the enemy: scorched earth policy

• science of organization, procurement, deployment, etc.: logistics

• surrender: capitulation, white flag

• tensions between hostile nations: cold war

• threatening another nation with: saber-rattling, gunboat diplomacy

• victory won with extremely heavy losses: Pyrrhic victory

• winnings: spoils

see air force, ammunition, army, bomb, bullet, gun, navy, nuclear bomb, soldier, weapon

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v.

conflict, contest, fight, battle, contend, struggle, *lock horns, take up arms, attack, cross swords, skirmish.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A vying with others for victory or supremacy: battle, competition, contest, corrivalry, race, rivalry, strife, striving, struggle, tug of war, warfare. See CONFLICT. 2. A state of open, prolonged fighting: belligerency, conflict, confrontation, hostility (used m plural), strife, struggle, warfare. See CONFLICT. 3. A state of disagreement and disharmony: clash, conflict, confrontation, contention, difference, difficulty, disaccord, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissonance, faction, friction, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, warfare. See CONFLICT. II verb To strive in opposition: battle, combat, contend, duel, fight, struggle, tilt, wrestle. See CONFLICT.