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                           war verbs  fight a war  • The two countries fought a brief war in 1995.  fight in a war  (= take part as a soldier ) • Her grandfather fought in the war.  win/lose a war  • The Allies had won the war. • What would have happened if we’d lost the war?  declare war  • In 1941, Britain and the US declared war on Japan.  wage/make war  (= to start and continue a war ) • Their aim was to destroy the country’s capacity to wage war.  go to war  (= become involved in a war ) • It has been said that democracies don’t go to war with each other.  war breaks out  (= it starts ) • They married just before war broke out.  a war rages  (= continues in a very violent way ) • A civil war is still raging there.  phrases  be at war  • Russia was at war with Poland.  be on the brink of war  (= be about to be involved in a war ) • The country was on the brink of war.  the outbreak of war  (= the time when a war starts ) • A week after the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the army.  the horrors of war  • They wanted to forget the horrors of war they had witnessed.  ADJECTIVES/NOUN + war  a world war  • No one wants another world war.  a civil war  (= between opposing groups within a country ) • the English Civil War  a nuclear war  (= involving nuclear weapons ) • The possibility of nuclear war was much on people’s minds in the Fifties.  a conventional war  (= not nuclear ) • A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation.  a guerrilla war  (= involving a small unofficial military group ) • The nine-year guerrilla war has ended at last.  the Korean/Vietnam/Iraq etc War  • People were protesting against the Vietnam War.  World War I/World War II  • He was a pilot in World War II.  a just war  (= one that you believe is right ) • They believe that they are fighting a just war.  a religious war  • How many people have died in religious wars?  war + NOUN  the war years  • The couple spent most of the war years apart.  a war hero  • At home he was hailed as a war hero.  a war veteran  (= someone who took part in a war ) • There was a service for war veterans in the Garden of Remembrance.  a war criminal  (= someone who behaves very cruelly in a war, in a way that is against international law ) • the arrest of two suspected Nazi war criminals  a war correspondent  (= a reporter sending reports from a war ) • Being a war correspondent is a dangerous job.  a war zone  (= an area where a war is fought ) • The country had turned into a war zone.  a war crime  (= a cruel act in a war which is against international law ) • They will be charged with war crimes.  a war wound  • He still suffered pain from an old war wound.  a war grave  • He had gone with a friend to visit the war graves in Flanders.  COMMON ERRORS  >>>  Do not say ' do the war '. Say go to war or make war . 
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           noun conflict:   The war went on for years.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                             noun ADJ.  long, short | bloody | all-out, full-scale, total Six years of total war had left no citizen untouched. | limited | holy, just | civil, global, world | air, guerrilla | atomic, nuclear | cold | economic, trade | price | class VERB + WAR  be in, fight in My grandfather fought in two world wars. | fight, make, wage The two countries fought a short but bloody war. The Spartans were persuaded to make war on Athens. The terrorists were charged with waging war against the state. | win | lose | declare | go to The country went to war in 1914. | avert, prevent | be ravaged by WAR + VERB  approach, loom, threaten | begin, break out, come, erupt, start | escalate, spread talks to prevent the war from escalating | continue, drag on, go on, last, progress, rage (on) The war raged for nearly two years. | come to an end, end WAR + NOUN  years the shortage of food during the war years | hero, veteran | chief, leader | casualty, victim | damage | correspondent the war correspondent of a daily newspaper | artist, poet | zone | effort Every available resource went towards the war effort. | record Both candidates have distinguished war records. | wound | crime, criminal | graves, memorial | aims | damages, reparations | baby, bride, widow | booty | cry, dance | machine the Soviet war machine PREP.  at ~ a country at war | between the ~s (= between the First and Second World Wars), in (a/the) ~ killed in war He took part in the Vietnam War. | ~ against/with the war against the French a war against drug abuse  | ~ between war between Iran and Iraq | ~ on The US declared war on Japan. | ~ with a trade war with the United States PHRASES  the horrors of war The country had just emerged from the horrors of civil war. | in a state of war, in time/times of war In times of war, troops were billeted in the mill. | on a war footing The army had been placed on a war footing. | the brink of war The crisis took Europe to the brink of war. | the outbreak of war At the outbreak of war, most children were evacuated to the countryside. | a theatre of war These aircraft are designed to take troops and weapons to any theatre of war in the shortest time possible. | a war of attrition
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           In addition to the idioms beginning with WAR,  Also see  ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR; AT WAR; BEEN TO THE WARS; DECLARE WAR; TUG OF WAR.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           war  noun [ uncountable and countable ] a situation in which there is fighting between countries or opposing groups within a country, with large numbers of soldiers and weapons:  • He fought in World War II. • the horrors of war  conflict  noun [ uncountable and countable ] a situation in which there is fighting or a war – used especially in news reports:  • the conflict in the Middle East • There is increasing danger of armed conflict.  fighting  noun [ uncountable ] a situation in which people or groups fight each other and try to kill each other:  • The fighting went on for months. • Fighting in the north has resulted in hundreds of deaths.  hostilities  noun [ plural ] formal fighting in a war:  • The agreement called on the guerrillas to cease hostilities (= stop fighting ) and begin peace talks.  warfare  noun [ uncountable ] the activity of fighting in a war – used especially to talk about a method of fighting:  • new and more advanced methods of warfare • chemical warfare  battle  noun [ uncountable and countable ] an occasion when two armies, groups of ships etc fight each other in one place during a war:  • the great naval battles of the Napoleonic Wars • the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 • He died in battle.  skirmish   noun [ countable ] a short fight between small groups of soldiers, ships etc, especially one that happens away from the main part of a war or battle:  • There were minor skirmishes between Indian and Pakistani troops across the border.  combat  noun [ uncountable ] the act of fighting, especially during a war:  • Few of them had any experience of combat. • hand-to-hand combat  action  noun [ uncountable ] military actions carried out by the army, navy etc of a country during a war – used especially in the following phrases:  • He was killed in action in 1944. • Her son went missing in action . • Her grandfather saw action (= fought ) in two world wars.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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