Synonyms: war
Definition: a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious
Usage: the war on poverty; the war against crime
Similar words: movement, campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort
Definition: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Usage: he supported populist campaigns; they worked in the cause of world peace; the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant; the movement to end slavery; contributed to the war effort
Definition: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
Usage: thousands of people were killed in the war
Similar words: action, military action
Definition: a military engagement
Usage: he saw action in Korea
Definition: an active struggle between competing entities
Usage: a price war; a war of wits; diplomatic warfare
Similar words: battle, struggle, conflict
Definition: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)
Usage: the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph--Thomas Paine; police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs
Synonyms: war, state of war
Definition: a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
Usage: war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring
Similar words: hostility, antagonism, enmity
Definition: a state of deep-seated ill-will
Synonyms: war
Definition: make or wage war
Similar words: fight, contend, struggle
Definition: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
Usage: the tribesmen fought each other; Siblings are always fighting; Militant groups are contending for control of the country