Below is a massive list of war words — that is, words related to war. The top 4 are: conflict, military, combat and battle. You can get the definition(s) of a word in the list below by tapping the question-mark icon next to it. The words at the top of the list are the ones most associated with war, and as you go down the relatedness becomes more slight. By default, the words are sorted by relevance/relatedness, but you can also get the most common war terms by using the menu below, and there’s also the option to sort the words alphabetically so you can get war words starting with a particular letter. You can also filter the word list so it only shows words that are also related to another word of your choosing. So for example, you could enter «conflict» and click «filter», and it’d give you words that are related to war and conflict.
You can highlight the terms by the frequency with which they occur in the written English language using the menu below. The frequency data is extracted from the English Wikipedia corpus, and updated regularly. If you just care about the words’ direct semantic similarity to war, then there’s probably no need for this.
There are already a bunch of websites on the net that help you find synonyms for various words, but only a handful that help you find related, or even loosely associated words. So although you might see some synonyms of war in the list below, many of the words below will have other relationships with war — you could see a word with the exact opposite meaning in the word list, for example. So it’s the sort of list that would be useful for helping you build a war vocabulary list, or just a general war word list for whatever purpose, but it’s not necessarily going to be useful if you’re looking for words that mean the same thing as war (though it still might be handy for that).
If you’re looking for names related to war (e.g. business names, or pet names), this page might help you come up with ideas. The results below obviously aren’t all going to be applicable for the actual name of your pet/blog/startup/etc., but hopefully they get your mind working and help you see the links between various concepts. If your pet/blog/etc. has something to do with war, then it’s obviously a good idea to use concepts or words to do with war.
If you don’t find what you’re looking for in the list below, or if there’s some sort of bug and it’s not displaying war related words, please send me feedback using this page. Thanks for using the site — I hope it is useful to you! 🐲
That’s about all the war related words we’ve got! I hope this list of war terms was useful to you in some way or another. The words down here at the bottom of the list will be in some way associated with war, but perhaps tenuously (if you’ve currenly got it sorted by relevance, that is). If you have any feedback for the site, please share it here, but please note this is only a hobby project, so I may not be able to make regular updates to the site. Have a nice day! 🐵
Below is a list of words related to another word. You can click words for definitions. Sorry if there’s a few unusual suggestions! The algorithm isn’t perfect, but it does a pretty good job for common-ish words. Here’s the list of words that are related to another word:
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P.S. There are some problems that I’m aware of, but can’t currently fix (because they are out of the scope of this project). The main one is that individual words can have many different senses (meanings), so when you search for a word like mean, the engine doesn’t know which definition you’re referring to («bullies are mean» vs. «what do you mean?», etc.), so consider that your search query for words like term may be a bit ambiguous to the engine in that sense, and the related terms that are returned may reflect this. You might also be wondering: What type of word is ~term~?
Also check out ~term~ words on relatedwords.io for another source of associations.
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Related Words runs on several different algorithms which compete to get their results higher in the list. One such algorithm uses word embedding to convert words into many dimensional vectors which represent their meanings. The vectors of the words in your query are compared to a huge database of of pre-computed vectors to find similar words. Another algorithm crawls through Concept Net to find words which have some meaningful relationship with your query. These algorithms, and several more, are what allows Related Words to give you… related words — rather than just direct synonyms.
As well as finding words related to other words, you can enter phrases and it should give you related words and phrases, so long as the phrase/sentence you entered isn’t too long. You will probably get some weird results every now and then — that’s just the nature of the engine in its current state.
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On this page you’ll find 108 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to war, such as: battle, bloodshed, combat, conflict, fighting, and hostility.
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SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO WAR
- armed fighting
- armed hostilities
- battle
- combat
- engagement
- fight
- war
- warfare
- action
- assault
- attack
- barrage
- blitzkreig
- bloodshed
- bombing
- brush
- campaign
- carnage
- clash
- combat
- conflict
- contention
- crusade
- encounter
- engagement
- fighting
- fray
- havoc
- hostility
- onset
- onslaught
- press
- ravage
- scrimmage
- significant contact
- skirmish
- sortie
- strife
- struggle
- war
- warfare
- agitate
- argue
- clamor
- combat
- contend
- contest
- dispute
- feud
- oppugn
- skirmish
- strive
- tug
- war
- wrestle
- agitated
- argued
- clamored
- combated
- contended
- contested
- disputed
- feuded
- oppugned
- skirmished
- strove
- tugged
- warred
- wrestled
- actions
- assaults
- attacks
- barrages
- blitzkreigs
- bloodshed
- bombings
- brushes
- campaigns
- carnage
- clashes
- combats
- conflicts
- contentions
- crusades
- encounters
- engagements
- fightings
- fray
- havoc
- hostilities
- onsets
- onslaughts
- presses
- ravages
- scrimmages
- significant contacts
- skirmishes
- sorties
- strife
- struggles
- warfare
- wars
- agitates
- argues
- clamors
- combats
- contends
- contests
- disputes
- feuds
- oppugns
- skirmishes
- strives
- tugs
- wars
- wrestles
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Synonyms of war
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war
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noun
Definition of war
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as in hostilities
a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups
the war was the result of ethnic tensions that had been building in the region for decades
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hostilities
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conflict
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fighting
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skirmish
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warfare
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conflagration
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battle
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hot war
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world war
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civil war
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cold war
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combat
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holy war
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limited war
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engagement
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police action
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action
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peace
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disarmament
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demobilization
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demilitarization
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pacification
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truce
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tranquility
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tranquillity
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peacefulness
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cease—fire
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calm
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peace
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disarmament
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demobilization
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demilitarization
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pacification
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truce
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tranquility
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tranquillity
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peacefulness
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cease—fire
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calm
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as in conflict
a lack of agreement or harmony
the siblings always seemed to be at war with one another
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conflict
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strife
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warfare
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discord
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friction
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schism
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discordance
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discordancy
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dissent
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division
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dissention
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clash
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dispute
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infighting
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altercation
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disharmony
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dissonance
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disunion
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disunity
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hostility
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fight
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dissension
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inharmony
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variance
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dissidence
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argument
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debate
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divide
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contention
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disagreement
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quarrel
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collision
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competition
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disaccord
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brawl
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bicker
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fissure
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squabble
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spat
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tiff
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enmity
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cold war
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animosity
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antagonism
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row
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inconsistency
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incongruity
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incompatibility
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wrangle
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incongruence
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scrap
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rancor
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miff
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jar
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antipathy
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ill will
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falling—out
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inconsonance
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inharmoniousness
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run—in
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mix—up
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incongruousness
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inconsistence
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hassle
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peace
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agreement
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harmony
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cooperation
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accord
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concordance
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concord
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concurrence
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peace
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agreement
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harmony
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cooperation
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accord
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concordance
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concord
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3
as in battle
an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another
only the latest round in the never-ending class war
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battle
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warfare
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rivalry
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struggle
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conflict
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competition
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duel
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confrontation
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contention
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strife
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contest
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match
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combat
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dogfight
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clash
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showdown
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ball game
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sweepstakes
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tug—of—war
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sweep—stake
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debate
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face—off
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grapple
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dispute
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quarrel
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friction
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disputation
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discord
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collision
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argument
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horse race
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controversy
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dissension
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disagreement
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nail—biter
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row
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dissention
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wrangle
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peace
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harmony
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concord
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peace
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war
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verb
as in to battle
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battle
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fight
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oppose
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resist
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contend
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withstand
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prevent
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preserve
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save
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wall
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conserve
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avert
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buffer
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protect
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ward
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guard
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fence
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picket
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defend
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shield
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safeguard
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secure
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screen
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bulwark
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palisade
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fend
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keep
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forfend
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cover
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assault
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attack
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overrun
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assail
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beset
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storm
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cave
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submit
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yield
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bombard
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besiege
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capitulate
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assault
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attack
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overrun
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assail
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beset
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storm
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cave
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submit
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yield
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bombard
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besiege
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capitulate
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Phrases Containing war
- civil war
- hot war
- war (against)
- war hawk
- war paint
- civil war
- hot war
- war (against)
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