wars

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armed conflict n.
fight, battle v.

NOUN

armed conflict

Synonyms

STRONGEST

battle bloodshed combat conflict fighting hostility strife strike struggle warfare

STRONG

contention contest enmity hostilities

WEAK

cold war police action

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accord harmony peace surrender truce

STRONG

friendship good will kindness

WEAK

ceasefire

VERB

fight, battle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

differ go to war take up arms

STRONG

attack attempt bombard challenge clash combat contend contest disagree endeavor kill meet murder oppugn shell shoot strive struggle tug

WEAK

campaign against engage in combat make war march against take on take the field against wage war

Antonyms

STRONG

agree aid be lazy give up laze protect retreat surrender

WEAK

ceasefire make peace

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wars

Born three years before the Titanic disaster and eight years before the Russian Revolution, Caterham has also lived through two world wars.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

"I'd love to see artificial intelligence winning wars, liberating territories."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

While Britain often has echoes of U.S. culture wars, it also has a different history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Even the fluffy rom-coms are steeped in real life’s anxieties about the social and political, the wars and the wages.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

This completely changed the structure of communities and created a peasant class, who were forced to work for the landed class and to fight in their wars.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz