Associations to the word «War»

WAR, noun. (uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.

WAR, noun. (countable) A particular conflict of this kind.

WAR, noun. (countable) By extension, any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.

WAR, noun. (figuratively) A campaign against something.

WAR, noun. (business) (countable) A bout of fierce competition in trade.

WAR, noun. (obsolete) (uncountable) Instruments of war.

WAR, noun. (obsolete) Armed forces.

WAR, noun. (uncountable) A particular card game for two players, notable for having its outcome predetermined by how the cards are dealt.

WAR, verb. (intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).

WAR, verb. To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

WAR, proper noun. The personification of war, often depicted in armor, and riding a red horse.

WAR, proper noun. A city in West Virginia

WAR BOND, noun. A type of savings bond used by nations to help fund war efforts.

WAR BONDS, noun. Plural of war bond

WAR BONNET, noun. A ceremonial headdress, decorated with a trail extension of eagle feathers, worn by some American Indians

WAR BRIDE, noun. A woman who marries a man who is on active duty military in wartime.

WAR BRIDE, noun. (idiomatic) A company or individual whose business is increased by warfare.

WAR BRIDES, noun. Plural of war bride

WAR BY PROXY, noun. Alternative form of proxy war

WAR CAKE, noun. A kind of cake made from the limited ingredients available in wartime.

WAR CEMETERIES, noun. Plural of war cemetery

WAR CEMETERY, noun. A cemetery reserved for the graves of (usually military) victims of warfare, including civil war.

WAR CHEST, noun. A fund to finance a war

WAR CHEST, noun. (by extension) A fund for some special purpose, such as a political campaign

WAR CHESTS, noun. Plural of war chest

WAR CHILD, noun. A child who has grown up in wartime.

WAR CHILDREN, noun. Plural of war child

WAR CRIES, noun. Plural of war cry

WAR CRIME, noun. (legal) A punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian.

WAR CRIMES, noun. Plural of war crime

WAR CRIMINAL, noun. A person guilty of a war crime

WAR CRY, noun. An exclamation intended to rally soldiers in battle.

WAR DADDIES, noun. Plural of war daddy

WAR DADDY, noun. (slang) (American football) (US) A player with extraordinary ability and exceptional toughness.

WAR DANCE, noun. A ceremonial dance performed before a major battle or after a victory, usually by a tribe.

WAR DANCES, noun. Plural of war dance

WAR DEMOCRAT, noun. (US) (politics) (archaic) a member of the Democratic Party of the United States of America who supported the prosecution of the American Civil War

WAR DOG, noun. A dog that was deployed in a war.

WAR DOG, noun. A veteran soldier in a war, particularly a heroic one

WAR DOG, noun. (figuratively) a warrior; a battler

WAR GAME, noun. (military) A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real-life situation.

WAR GAME, noun. A game that simulates or represents a military operation.

WAR GAMES, noun. Plural of war game

WAR GRAVE, noun. A burial place, grave(s) for indidivual victim(s), soldiers and/or civilians, of warfare, including civil war

WAR GRAVE, noun. (usually in the plural: war graves) A cemetary reserved for such victims

WAR GRAVE, noun. Similar resting place of victims during warfare on board a sunk vessel or crashed aircraft

WAR GRAVES, noun. Plural of war grave

WAR HAMMER, noun. A medieval hammer-like weapon used in close combat.

WAR HAMMERS, noun. Plural of war hammer

WAR HAWK, noun. A proponent of war or military intrusiveness

WAR HAWKS, noun. Plural of warmonger

WAR HORN, noun. Alternative form of war-horn

WAR HORNS, noun. Plural of war horn

WAR HOUND, noun. A person that wants to fight

WAR MACHINE, noun. An individual weapon for war, especially a mechanical one such as a siege engine or tank.

WAR MACHINE, noun. The military resources of a belligerent country considered as a whole.

WAR MACHINES, noun. Plural of war machine

WAR OF AGGRESSION, noun. (international law) military conflict waged without the justification of self-defense, usually for territorial gain and subjugation

WAR OF CONQUEST, noun. A military conflict where one state, nation, or people conquers or attempts to conquer another; a conquering war.

WAR OF NERVES, noun. (idiomatic) Warfare or other physical conflict in which one or more combatting parties use especially demoralizing and frightening tactics to attempt to unnerve their opponents.

WAR OF NERVES, noun. (idiomatic) (by extension) A situation in which opposed parties refrain from direct conflict but maintain a tense, contentious relationship in which each uses annoyances or intimidating psychological tactics to attempt to dishearten and unnerve the other.

WAR OF WORDS, noun. A heated and bad-tempered exchange of inflammatory statements.

WAR ON TERROR, proper noun. The War on Terrorism

WAR ON TERRORISM, proper noun. (US) An ongoing campaign by the United States (and some of its allies) the stated aim of which is to counter international terrorism, but especially to counter al-Qaeda and other militant Muslim groups.

WAR ON TERRORISM, proper noun. The common term for the military, political, legal and ideological conflict against Islamic terrorism, and specifically used in reference to operations by the United States, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.

WAR ON WOMEN, proper noun. (US) (politics) (derogatory) Political efforts and initiatives to reduce women's rights, especially reproductive rights.

WAR PAINT, noun. Pigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle.

WAR PAINT, noun. (informal) cosmetics, makeup

WAR PAINTS, noun. Plural of war paint

WAR PARTIES, noun. Plural of war party

WAR PARTY, noun. A group of people assembled to carry out a military attack.

WAR PROFITEER, noun. A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.

WAR REPARATIONS, noun. Monetary compensation intended to cover damage or injury during a war

WAR ROOM, noun. A command center; a single location which serves as the point of coordination for military activities.

WAR ROOM, noun. By extension, a single location from which any activity is directed.

WAR ROOMS, noun. Plural of war room

WAR SIU GAI, noun. Alternative spelling of war su gai

WAR STORIES, noun. Plural of war story

WAR STORY, noun. Any narrative of an event, involving either military or civilian characters, in wartime

WAR SU GAI, noun. Almond-battered deep-fried chicken breast (white meat)

WAR SU GAI, noun. A dish composed of a large fried patty made of ground chicken, chinese sausage, pork fat, swallow's nest, which is wrapped in crispy chicken skin served on a bed of shredded lettuce and covered in chicken gravy (preferentially spelled "war siu gai" or "war sui gai")

WAR SUI GAI, noun. Alternative spelling of war su gai

WAR TIME, noun. Alternative spelling of wartime

WAR TO END ALL WAR, proper noun. Alternative form of war to end all wars

WAR TO END ALL WARS, proper noun. Epithet for World War I.

WAR TORN, adjective. Subjected to the ravages of war.

WAR TUBA, noun. An acoustic locator, vaguely resembling a tuba, used (by Japan during the World Wars) to provide early warning of incoming aircraft.

WAR TUBAS, noun. Plural of war tuba

WAR VETERAN, noun. A person who has served in the armed forces during a war.

WAR VETERANS, noun. Plural of war veteran

WAR WHOOP, noun. In war a yell to fight

WAR WIDOW, noun. The wife of a man in the armed forces killed in a war (and sometimes in other military action).

WAR WIDOW, noun. (by extension) A woman whose husband has been killed in any conflict.

WAR ZONE, noun. A region where war is ongoing.

WAR ZONE, noun. A region where structures are damaged or in disarray, appearing similar to the effects of a military conflict.

WAR ZONE, noun. By extension, any area with a significant display of damage or disarray.

WAR ZONES, noun. Plural of war zone

WAR, noun. The waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war".

WAR, noun. A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring".

WAR, noun. An active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare".

WAR, noun. A concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime".

WAR, verb. Make or wage war.