Make+war

  • 21war — n. & v. n. 1 a armed hostilities between esp. nations; conflict (war broke out; war zone). b a specific conflict or the period of time during which such conflict exists (was before the war). c the suspension of international law etc. during such… …

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  • 22war — Synonyms and related words: American Revolution, Ares, Athena, Balkan Wars, Bellona, Boer War, Civil War, Crimean War, Crusades, Enyo, Franco Prussian War, French Revolution, Gallic Wars, Greco Persian Wars, Indian Wars, Indochina War, Kilkenny… …

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  • 23war — {{11}}war (n.) late O.E. (c.1050), wyrre, werre, from O.N.Fr. werre war (Mod.Fr. guerre), from Frankish *werra, from P.Gmc. *werso (Cf. O.S. werran, O.H.G. werran, Ger. verwirren to confuse, perplex ). Cognates suggest the original sense was to… …

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  • 24war — [[t]wɔ͟ː(r)[/t]] ♦ wars 1) N VAR A war is a period of fighting or conflict between countries or states. He spent part of the war in the National Guard. ...matters of war and peace... They ve been at war for the last fifteen years. Ant: peace 2) N …

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  • 25War of Ferrara — The War of Ferrara (also known as the Salt War, it. Guerra del Sale ) ending with the Peace of Bagnolo, was fought in 1482 1484 between Ercole I d Este, duke of Ferrara, and the Papal forces mustered by Ercole s personal nemesis, Pope Sixtus IV… …

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  • 26war — 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,… …

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  • 27war — I. n. 1. Enmity, hostility, state of opposition, strife, contention. 2. Declared hostilities, fighting, warfare, arbitrament of the sword, contest of nations, armed conflict of powers, the last argument of kings, ultima ratio regum. 3. Art of war …

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  • 28war power — noun an extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetime • Hypernyms: ↑office, ↑power * * * noun : power to make… …

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  • 29war power — noun Date: 1766 the power to make war; specifically an extraordinary power exercised usually by the executive branch of a government in the prosecution of a war …

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  • 30war — sb. RG. 374 v. n. == [worry], make war. RG. 370; pret. ‘werrede.’ RG. 77 v. a. == war against a person or thing. pret. ‘worrede.’ RG. 371, 70; part. ‘ywerred.’ RG. 3; ‘iworred.’ Ibid …

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