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单词 war
释义
warwar /wɔː $ wɔːr/ ●●● S2 W1 noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwar
Origin:
1100-1200 Old North French werre, from Old French guerre
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • War veterans claim that they were exposed to chemical weapons while fighting in the Gulf.
  • a war hero and former fighter pilot
  • Gas stations in the city are involved in a price war.
  • In 1874, war broke out in Europe again.
  • In the months leading up to the outbreak of war, both countries were involved in a massive arms build-up.
  • Iran's seven-year war with Iraq
  • More Americans died in the Civil War than in World War II.
  • the Spanish-American War
  • the Vietnam War
  • When the war ended in 1945, Europe was in chaos.
  • Who won the Franco-Prussian War?
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • In 1931, more than twenty veterans of foreign wars were among the patients at Carville.
  • It is said that this ghost still beats his eerie tattoo during times of war.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
noun [countable, uncountable] 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
noun [countable, uncountable] 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.
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.
noun [plural] formal fighting in a war: · The agreement called on the guerrillas to cease hostilities (=stop fighting) and begin peace talks.
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
noun [countable, uncountable] 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.
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.
noun [uncountable] the act of fighting, especially during a war: · Few of them had any experience of combat.· hand-to-hand combat
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.
Longman Language Activatorfighting between countries or armies
a long period of fighting, when the armies, ships, and planes of two or more countries fight against each other: · the Vietnam War· When the war ended in 1945, Europe was in chaos.win/lose a war: · Who won the Franco-Prussian War?civil war (=war between groups of people from the same country): · More Americans died in the Civil War than in World War II.war against/with: · Iran's seven-year war with Iraqwar breaks out (=war begins): · In 1874, war broke out in Europe again.the outbreak of war (=the time when a war begins): · In the months leading up to the outbreak of war, both countries were involved in a massive arms build-up.war hero: · a war hero and former fighter pilotwar veteran (=a former soldier who fought in a war): · War veterans claim that they were exposed to chemical weapons while fighting in the Gulf.
a situation in which two countries or groups are fighting against each other - used especially in news reports: · the conflict in the Middle East· Can this peace settlement bring an end to years of conflict?· The conflict began early in December 1994.
an organized attempt to change or destroy the government by fighting against it: · The rebellion spread quickly through the Western Provinces.rebellion against: · an armed rebellion against the governmentcrush/put down a rebellion (=use force to stop it): · The army was brought in to crush the rebellion.
when soldiers fight against each other during a war or battle: · The UN had failed to stop the fighting in Rwanda.heavy/fierce fighting (=a lot of fighting when many people are hurt): · The streets of the capital are now quiet again, after three weeks of heavy fighting.renewed fighting (=fighting that starts again after it had stopped): · Some 15,000 people have fled the city, following renewed fighting.
the activity of fighting in a war - use this especially to talk about the methods of fighting that are used in war: · the history of modern warfarenuclear/chemical warfare (=fighting with nuclear bombs or poison gas): · a secret underground chemical warfare plant· Many people believe that what happened in 1940 was a British chemical warfare experiment that went wrong.guerrilla warfare (=when small unofficial military groups fight against the government): · The rebels aimed to overthrow the government through protracted guerrilla warfare.
written when two armies or opposing groups are fighting: · Land mines maim and kill innocent people, long after hostilities have ceased. · Mexican forces were ordered to avoid all hostilities with the American troops.end hostilities: · The two sides reach an agreement to end hostilities.the start/outbreak of hostilities: · The Japanese navy scored a success only two days after the start of hostilities, by sinking two British battleships.
a fight in one area between two armies, or two groups of ships or planes: · a naval battle in the North Seabattle of: · the Battle of the Sommewin/lose a battle: · The French lost the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.die/be wounded/be killed in battle: · King Olaf died in battle, in 1030.lead/send somebody into battle: · Lyndon Johnson first sent U.S. combat troops into battle in March 1965.
a short, unplanned, and usually not very important fight between two small groups of soldiers: · Last night skirmishes were reported along the border.· Government soldiers ran into a group of rebels, and a skirmish followed.
to fight in a war or be in a war
to take part in a war or battle: · His grandfather fought on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War.· The Boers were fighting the British at this time.fight for: · Most of these young soldiers don't even know what they're fighting for.fight in: · My grandfather fought in World War II.fight a war/battle: · They were fighting a war of independence against a powerful enemy.
if two armies or groups clash , they suddenly start fighting each other, especially for a short time - used especially in news reports:: · Iranian and Iraqi troops clashed on the border.clash with: · US planes clashed with enemy fighter aircraft again today.
if two countries are at war with each other, they are fighting a war against each other: · Europe had been at war for nearly two years.· He could not remember a time when his country had not been at war.be at war with: · In 1792 England was at war with America.
to start and continue a war, especially for a long period: · In his speech he promised full support to wars of independence waged by colonial peoples.wage war on/against: · Many Americans now question whether the US should have waged war on Vietnam.
to fight a war, especially by suddenly attacking a country that does not threaten your country: · He believes that men make war because they are by nature aggressive.make war on: · Throughout the nineteenth century the colonial powers made war on poorer countries in order to gain territory.
: warring factions/nations/tribes/groups etc nations etc that are fighting against each other: · Fighting between the various warring factions was destroying the country.· All attempts to reconcile the two warring groups have failed.
to start a war
if a country declares war on another country, it makes an official public statement that it is going to fight a war against that country: · He was visiting his parents in Torino when war was declared.· Within hours of the incident, both countries had declared war.declare war on: · In April the Americans declared war on Germany and entered the war.
if someone goes to war they leave home to fight in a war. If a country or group goes to war it begins to fight another country, group etc: · The women stayed at home and farmed the land, while the men went to war.· The two countries went to war over a small, but important, area of land.
during a war
during or relating to the time when there is a war: · He died on a wartime bombing mission.· My grandmother's wartime experiences were still fresh in her memory.· She grew up in Africa, far away from the hardships of wartime Europe.· wartime President, Franklin D. Roosevelt
the time when there is a war: · I longed for a bar of chocolate, but this was wartime, and such luxuries were not available.in wartime: · the importance of secrecy in wartime
during the particular war that you are talking about: · What did your father do in the war?· Three of his brothers were killed in the First World War.
: be killed/wounded in action to be killed or injured while fighting in a battle during a war - used especially in official military statements: · a memorial to the thousands of soldiers killed in action
the place where a war is fought
the place where two armies fight a battle: · Thousands died on the battlefields of northern France.
the place where an army is closest to the enemy and where the fighting takes place: · We were now just a few kilometres behind the front line.the Western/Eastern/Russian etc front: · Her grandfather had four years on the Western Front.
an area which is very dangerous because a war is being fought there: · the latest news from the war zone· Aid workers returning from the war zone reported seeing groups of rebels waving white flags.
the time or the place where there is fighting - use this especially to talk about fighting in general: on the field of battle: · It is better to negotiate than to settle political disputes on the field of battle.in the field: · The new weapon has not yet been tried out in the field.· He was awarded a medal for distinguished service in the field.
British /theater American a large area in which a war is being fought, especially when the war is taking place in several different areas or countries: Pacific/European/Middle East etc theatre: · It was in the Pacific theater of the war that the US won its first major victories.· Many of NATO's nuclear weapons in the European theatre are obsolete.
relating to an area where a lot of damage has been caused by war and fighting: · In 1941, Margaret E. Ray escaped war-torn France and landed in New York.· The plan offered long-term aid to war-torn Europe.
the people you are fighting against in a war
someone that you are fighting against in a war: · Even though these soldiers were our enemies, I felt desperately sorry for them.the enemy (=the army or country that your army or country is fighting against in a war): · They accused him of giving secret information to the enemy.
someone who is keen to start a war
someone, especially a politician or a military leader, who is too keen to start wars or to settle arguments by starting a war: · Some saw him as a great statesman, but others saw him as a ruthless warmonger.
someone, especially a politician or a military leader, who is too keen to increase the size and power of their country's armed forces so that it can attack other countries: · The militarists wanted Japan to invade China.
a person, especially a politician, who supports the use of military force and strong action in order to settle arguments with other countries: · The hawks in the government would never permit any talks with the enemy.· We don't yet know whether the new President is a hawk or a dove (=someone who prefers peaceful methods).
to fight for something you think is right or against something you think is wrong
to try hard for a long time to stop something bad from happening or to improve a situation: · We are determined to fight drug abuse in schools.fight for: · Freedom of speech is something well worth fighting for.fight to do something: · Mandela fought to abolish white-only rule in South Africa.fight against: · Amnesty is an organization that fights against torture and injustice.
to work continuously and patiently to make changes that will improve society or the world: work for: · The group has become a small but significant force working for change.work to do something: · an organization that is working to preserve California's redwood treeswork tirelessly (=work very hard): · She will be remembered as someone who worked tirelessly for educational reform.
to work for a long time, for example making speeches, writing to newspapers and political representatives etc, in order to persuade people that something needs to be done: · After months of campaigning, local parents have persuaded the council to provide a school bus service.campaign for: · Women campaigned for equal pay and equal rights throughout the 1960s.campaign to do something: · He was one of the people who campaigned to change the law on homosexuality.
to publicly fight for and defend an aim or principle such as the rights of a group of people: · Martin Luther King championed the rights of all black Americans.· Throughout her political career she was a champion of prison reform.
to take action effectively in order to oppose something bad such as injustice, crime, or illness: · The police are looking for more effective ways to combat drugs gangs in the city.· Measures to combat pollution within the city have been introduced.· The government sees price controls as a way to combat inflation.
if a government or organization wages war on something such as an illness, bad conditions, or crime, they fight against it for a long time in a very determined way: · The World Health Organization is constantly waging war on malaria.· We need a comprehensive strategy to wage war on poverty in our inner cities.
types of film
a film that is intended to make you feel frightened, for example one in which people get attacked by strange creatures, or in which dead people come to life
informal a film that is intended to make you feel frightened, in which people are suddenly violently attacked and killed
a film that is intended to make you laugh and usually has a happy ending
a film about life in the future, often with people or creatures who live in other parts of the universe
a film that tells an exciting story about murder or crime
a film about cowboys and life in the 19th century in the American West
a film about people fighting a war
a film that has a lot of exciting events in it, for example people fighting or chasing each other in cars
a film about people who are on a long journey in a car, and the adventures they have while they are travelling
a film that is intended to make you laugh, about two people who meet and have a romantic relationship
a film made using photographs of models or drawings, which are put together to look as if they are moving
a long film in which a lot of things happen, for example one about a period in history or the whole of someone's life
someone who is kept in a place when they do not want to be there
· My parents were very strict. Sometimes I felt like a prisoner in my own home.· It's a science fiction story about people being taken to another planet as prisoners.hold/keep somebody prisoner · Mann was held prisoner in the back of the Chevrolet and told she was going to be killed.
a soldier etc who is caught by the enemy during a war and kept as a prisoner: · There were general codes covering such matters as the treatment of prisoners of war.· a POW camp
someone who is kept in a place illegally, especially in a war - used especially in literature: · All the captives were kept in a darkened room with their hands tied.· The rebels promised to release their captives unharmed if the government did as they said.
someone who is kept as a prisoner by an enemy country or organization, and is threatened with death or injury if that person's government or organization does not do what the enemy wants: · The terrorists say that they will kill the hostages if we don't agree to their demands.· An attempt to rescue the American hostages ended in disaster when a helicopter crashed.take somebody hostage (=make someone your hostage): · The medical team were captured and taken hostage.hold somebody hostage (=keep someone in a place as your hostage): · A British journalist was held hostage for over four years.
someone who is being kept in a place by the police while they are waiting to go to court, or so that the police can ask them questions about something illegal they may have done: · The government has ordered the trial of all detainees within six months.· According to a recent report, many detainees claim that police have mistreated them.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
· The two countries fought a brief war in 1995.
(=take part as a soldier)· Her grandfather fought in the war.
· The Allies had won the war.· What would have happened if we’d lost the war?
· In 1941, Britain and the US declared war on Japan.
(=to start and continue a war)· Their aim was to destroy the country’s capacity to wage war.
(=become involved in a war)· It has been said that democracies don’t go to war with each other.
(=it starts)· They married just before war broke out.
(=continues in a very violent way)· A civil war is still raging there.
phrases
· Russia was at war with Poland.
(=be about to be involved in a war)· The country was on the brink of war.
(=the time when a war starts)· A week after the outbreak of war, he enlisted in the army.
· They wanted to forget the horrors of war they had witnessed.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + war
· No one wants another world war.
(=between opposing groups within a country)· the English Civil War
(=involving nuclear weapons)· The possibility of nuclear war was much on people’s minds in the Fifties.
(=not nuclear)· A conventional war would still cause unacceptable devastation.
(=involving a small unofficial military group)· The nine-year guerrilla war has ended at last.
· People were protesting against the Vietnam War.
· He was a pilot in World War II.
(=one that you believe is right)· They believe that they are fighting a just war.
· How many people have died in religious wars?
war + NOUN
· The couple spent most of the war years apart.
· At home he was hailed as a war hero.
(=someone who took part in a war)· There was a service for war veterans in the Garden of Remembrance.
(=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 reporter sending reports from a war)· Being a war correspondent is a dangerous job.
(=an area where a war is fought)· The country had turned into a war zone.
(=a cruel act in a war which is against international law)· They will be charged with war crimes.
· He still suffered pain from an old war wound.
· He had gone with a friend to visit the war graves in Flanders.
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘do the war’. Say go to war or make war.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 a war of attrition
· The treaty brought peace to both England and France.
 In October 1962 the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war. The company had huge debts and was on the brink of collapse.
(=fighting between groups of people in the same country)· His family fled Spain during the Spanish civil war.
(=disagreement or fighting between different classes)· the class struggle between workers and capitalists
· Being a war correspondent is a dangerous job.
(=serious crimes committed during a war)
· It will take a long time for the region to recover from such a devastating war.
(=a long struggle by the authorities to control drugs)· The war on drugs continues.
· Taxes were raised to support the war effort.
· The two men met once again before the end of the war.
· a collection of romantic paintings from the Victorian era
 the leaders of the warring factions
 Neither country is capable of fighting a long war.
· He likes watching horror films.
 The whole country was on a war footing (=ready to go to war at any time).
 American troops found themselves fighting a guerrilla war.
(=a soldier who was very brave in a war)· Coming home, he was hailed as a war hero.
 a door-to-door salesman peddling his wares (=selling his goods)
 food rationing in the immediate post-war years
· He denied the existence of any political prisoners, dismissing the claims as part of a propaganda war.
· The peace groups made plans to hold an anti-war rally.
· Syria was still in a state of war with Israel.
· ideas on how the international community can further the war against terrorism
(=a fight or argument over the areas or things you think belong to you) turf wars among government bureaucracies
 The police are waging war on drug pushers in the city.
 an international war crimes tribunal (=court judging war crimes)
· Who won the battle of Waterloo?
· He walked with a limp, the result of an old war wound.
· She worked for the BBC during the war years.
· Planes were diverted to avoid flying over the war zone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· In so doing, they probably constituted the most important single cause of the subsequent civil war and revolution.· It is possible that the wars of 573 to 575 marked the worst period of civil war in sixth-century Francia.· In this case long term aid would also have to include ending the civil war by some form of intervention if necessary.· He consequently witnessed the February days, the potential civil war at a distance.· Who have become grotesquely richer as children die in civil wars fought in their inner cities?· In fact civil wars may not have endangered the Merovingian state to the extent that Gregory implies.· The latest fighting in Jaffna coincides with new efforts by the government to the 17-year civil war through constitutional changes.
· Since the end of the cold war there has been no one to fund conflicts in the Middle East.· But above all, the cold war was over.· Britains aerospace industries suffered badly when the cold war ended 4 years ago.· And the cold war procedures, routines and language sprang back into action.· The wage erosion, of course, started before the end of the cold war.· I do not want to suggest that Stalin had nothing to do with the origins of the cold war.· The height of the cold war was also the period which has come to be known as the golden age of capitalism.
· This is a holy war, you know - spiritual health is more important than the physical kind.· That misunderstanding led to holy wars.· But a United Nations expert from Oxford University says action could lead to a holy war.· Political self-interest and holy war combined to demolish for good the huge structure of empire.· In the eyes of ordinary folk, the crusade was a holy war for the sake of war.· Great Groups are engaged in holy wars.· They were the perfect soldiers for Aenarion's holy war.· The intense zeal on both sides is culminating in a sort of end-of-the-century holy war.
· And for a while, the world looked terrifyingly on the edge of nuclear war.· The risks of an escalation to nuclear war were small.· Now despite years of steady disarmament they're all talking about nuclear war again, and more intensely than ever before.· Ronald Reagan was deplored as a firebrand who might bring on a nuclear war.· Who, today, believes that a nuclear war would do more good than harm?· Surface bursts of large nuclear weapons are an essential part of strategic nuclear war.· All these were heresies from a Marxist standpoint but then Marx had not foreseen the coming of nuclear war.· The use of nuclear weapons against urban targets is almost inevitable in a nuclear war.
NOUN
· Clinton has a full war chest and no Democratic opponent to worry about.· The dairymen accumulated a war chest of $ 1 million, and spread half of it in congressional elections.· Lockyer is better known statewide and commands a heftier campaign war chest than Calderon.· The example of Phil Gramm, who had a large war chest but could not move voters, buttressed his argument.· Much of that money already was in the Clinton-Gore war chest.· Martin's campaign war chest enjoys strong support from industry, including mine managers and safety officers.· It has a war chest of $ 40 million to spend each year on advertising.· And he still has a war chest of $ 263, 417.
· He is charged with 20 war crimes, including genocide and crimes against humanity.· It was set up after a three-year campaign by an all-party war crimes group.· The outside world talks of a war crimes tribunal but nobody supposes that anything will come of that.· Anger at what has been perpetrated and an insistence on due process are the essential combination in dealing with war crimes.· In other societies these would be war crimes, to be tried and punished.· Its jurisdiction would be limited to the Yugoslav conflict and to war crimes committed after 1 January 1991.· Aggressors are grabbing territory; war crimes are being committed.
· If Mr Putin wants to coddle war criminals, let him do it on his own nickel.· The war criminals Nixon and Kissinger have destroyed it.· The political will in Canberra to pursue war criminals has long since run out.· The war criminals issue was her first chance to prove herself as his successor.· The pursuit of war criminals, if carried out firmly but prudently, could yet help rather than hinder peace in Bosnia.· It is an open secret, however, that soldiers are not to arrest war criminals they encounter.
· We also found a whole batch of papers which we thought might be vital to the war effort.· He could not participate in the war effort.· Equally important was its decision to combine support for the war effort and for the Government with the most vigorous campaigning politics.· Meldola was, by now, an ailing and weary man, overcome by excessive worry and work for the growing war effort.· The war effort necessitated rational redeployment of workforce resources.· The results were certainly dramatic in terms of the war effort.· Brains from those murdered were purloined for neuroscience research unrelated to the war effort.· They was making us make baskets, for the war effort.
· The Gulf war, which could have spelt disaster for Airtours and many other travel companies, ended quickly.· Sales were hit early on by the Gulf war and profits fell 19 p.c. to £2.8m.· After the Gulf war, thousands of Kurdish refugees fled to the mountains.· The end of the Gulf war has prompted Rover Group to increase exports of its cars.· Today it is a military base with a long runway from which B-52 bombers were launched during the Gulf war.· The new gulf war Public culture is left; private culture is right.
· What right had I to tarnish the reputation of an acknowledged war hero and needlessly distress his family?· Stewart was viewed in Washington as something of a war hero.· A war hero unmasked as a traitor.· Then the war heroes came back home and bumped Lucky out ofhis place at the livery.· All this and a war hero to boot.· We were both war heroes, and both of us had just been elected to Congress.· I keep forgetting he's a war hero.· Local Republicans figured a wounded war hero would be a natural political candidate.
· If you like mighty, if quirky, war machines, then you can choose steam tanks and war wagons.· They become instant targets for enemy war machines!· They are difficult to destroy, although a hit from another war machine or large monster may be sufficient to cause damage.· War Machines 0-25% Up to a quarter of the points value of the army may be spent on war machines.· For example, you can spend up to 25% of your army's points value on war machines.· Could I really be part of a war machine?· In December Pearl Harbor brought a new urgency to the task of converting the economy into a vast war machine.· As with all small units you have to be wary of war machines and magic.
· It had been commissioned by students and was situated near the official war memorial on Hewitt Plaza.· We had staked out the war memorial where the secret meeting was destined to occur.· A Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament banner was unfurled and carried round the war memorial before one of those carrying it was arrested.· The village band, all discordant trumpetings and squeaks, led the congregation in procession to the war memorial.· In 1918 he chaired a war memorials committee and organized nationwide pyrotechnic displays in celebration of the armistice.· For many years his family thought he was dead, and his name was only recently removed from the village war memorial.· Charles and Diana did not speak as they climbed into their limousine to drive to the war memorial.· The heavy plaque was stolen from the war memorial in King's Gardens, Bootle, four weeks ago.
· Essentially, the talks were hostile: Morgan used the threat of price war to force firms to sell out and merge.· A price war is not to be excluded.· The caution was due to a dark cloud on Airtours' horizon: the rumour of a possible price war.· Hundreds of smaller chains and stores went out of business, many hurt by price wars waged by appliance chains.· Time allowed 02:26 Read in studio Small garages in the region could be forced out of business in a new petrol price war.· Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers will have a price war.· Others, like General Motors, have had to pull in their sails to weather the storm of a price war.· The issue of how growing competition among online service providers might lead to a price war arose this year.
· Could this be a prelude to a trade war even more destructive of world prosperity than a military war?· But trade war fears continued to undermine brewers with Guinness down 6p to 510p.· Nevertheless, the danger of a tax trade war remains.· With the spectre of a ruinous trade war looming which could spread like wildfire round the world.· Second, we have seen off the threat of a world trade war which would have destroyed any hope of economic recovery.· And without it, a trade war could devastate already shaky world economies.
· The imaginary war, at least for the first 20 years after the war, reproduced the solutions of the second world war.· Mr Major and his chancellor, Norman Lamont, still have the lowest poll ratings since the second world war.· The world war one aircraft have starred in dozens of films like Indiana Jones and Aces High.· The whispering against Bradman increased during the second world war.· The accurate identification of ships and aircraft during the recent world wars was of major importance.· She contributed to the design of anti-aircraft searchlights used in both world wars.· Male speaker To the second world war and the Blitz.· Conventional weapons would not have much of an offensive application in a world war in this era.
· Trade during the war years declined from over 2.5 million tons in 1939 to just over 1 million tons in 1944.· Nothing much happened with the Kings River and Kern River projects during the middle war years.· Perhaps arising from the close personal comradeship of those war years was Basil's empathy with ordinary working folk.· My favorite memory from the war years.· During the war years we were very short of backstage staff, so John was allowed to continue.· Indeed, many changes introduced by management in the post-cold-war years read like a catalogue of the misbegotten.· It was a habit picked up in the war years and difficult to break.· Sadly, the war years interrupted the programme, though a few short botanical notes did appear between 1939 and 1945.
· He could be sent to another war zone at any time.· Pusan was the only region that was not in an active war zone.· Mr Smith, a Northampton headmaster, has been involved in bringing hundreds of refugees to Britain from the Yugoslav war zone.· One cautious council member thought the parish would be asking for trouble by starting a sister-parish relationship in a war zone.· If they stayed in the war zone they would face almost certain death.· It looks like a war zone tip here, and perhaps it is.· In Kitwe city centre normality ceased altogether and the area resembled a war zone.· The school is in the thick of a war zone between two rival gangs.
VERB
· The creatures of Darkness have declared this war.· They have all but declared war on three government initiatives planned in and around the town.· Homosexuals, they claim, have declared war on nature, and nature has exacted an awful retribution.· He has no power to initiate or declare a war either against a foreign nation or a domestic State.· And last night they declared war.· And for them, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has declared a war on words.· By only a four-vote margin, the Congress declares war against Britain.· Political power lies on the side of those who declare a holy war against inflation.
· The peace of Utrecht ended the war proper in 1713, but desultory skirmishes carried on until 1714.· At this time, however, the Jacksonians were suffering increasing criticism for their inability to end the war.· The plot concerns a strategy conceived and agreed by the women of the world to end all wars.· These various statements amounted to straws in the wind rather than a fully defined policy for ending the war.· His strong hand ended the furious civil wars and brought about the Pax Augusta, which lasted for nearly half a century.· He almost single-handedly brokered a peace deal with secessionist rebels in Chechnya last fall, thereby ending an inordinately bloody war.
· I Pressed home the usual arguments about duty and not fighting the war for the privilege of going to the cinema.· The virus fought a war and it lost, for the time being, anyway.· Many were in their 20s, too young to have fought in a war that ended in 1979.· Repercussions from the war roll far beyond the sorrow of families directly touched by 15 months of fighting.· Perhaps when we stopped asking what it meant to be fighting a war in Northern Ireland.· Traditionalists fought back in a war of words that continues to this day.· They tell of an army of warriors who fought a terrible war.· The two nations have history of hostility and have fought three wars since they both gained independence from Britain in 1947.
· But, though we have won the argument, we are losing the war.· Chennault and Alsop were losing the bureaucratic war.· For the Treasury this presented a golden opportunity to recover its traditional dominance which it had lost during the war.· We will lose some of those wars.· The Tories, the victors in the battle of ideas, look like losing the political war.· We lost this war as soon as we started it.· The only vaguely reassuring sign is that the right seems to be losing the graffiti war.· This was what it felt like to win a victory and lose the war.
· The Thatcher government waged unceasing war on the professional state.· And designing and implementing new mercantile processes is the most powerful weapon available to wage that war effectively.· It brought war, but it can also bring down those who waged war.· The decision to wage an all-out war against inflation in a country that is not prone to inflation risks disaster.· Mr Eigen plans to wage his war diplomatically.· It was as if he wanted to test the laxity and freedoms of waging war up in here.· Obviously you can not wage war without taxing.· There is recognition of the political resistance at home to waging wars against the colonial revolution in the name of anticommunism.
· Planning was winning the war, it would win the peace.· Like Los Alamos, it was cradled by mountains and hastily built in order to win a war from an odd angle.· Nor, by the way, will it win the drugs war.· It was never their intention to win the war outright in this period.· They had won the war, but they lost the peace.· Denis Sassou-Nguesso was sworn in as president after winning through war the power he could not hold in peace.· Rangers, meanwhile, are convinced they possess enough heavy artillery to win the war tonight.· Code-making and code-breaking played a vital role in winning the war.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Embassy, demanding they declare war on the Third World.
  • Homosexuals, they claim, have declared war on nature, and nature has exacted an awful retribution.
  • In 1686 they declared war on him in order to establish a separate company state from which they could trade.
  • On questions of foreign policy, only Congress can declare war or appropriate the money necessary to fight it.
  • There was little the Phoenix King could do but finally declare war against one of his own realms.
  • They have all but declared war on three government initiatives planned in and around the town.
  • When the Bush administration declared war on drugs, it had no idea what worked.
  • Ah, come on; all's fair in love and war, Cameron.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounwarwarfarewarrioradjectivepre-war ≠ post-warwarring
1[countable, uncountable] when there is fighting between two or more countries or between opposing groups within a country, involving large numbers of soldiers and weapons OPP  peace:  the Vietnam War He served as a pilot during the war.war against/with/between the war with Spain2[countable, uncountable] a struggle over a long period of time to control something harmfulwar on/against the State’s war on drugs the war against racism3[countable, uncountable] a situation in which a person or group is fighting for power, influence, or control:  No one wants to start a trade war here. a ratings war between the major TV networks → price war4be in the wars British English spoken used, often humorously, to say that someone has lots of injuries or health problems:  You’ve really been in the wars lately, haven’t you?5this means war spoken used humorously to say that you are ready to fight or argue about something → cold war, war of attrition, war of nerves, war of words, warringCOLLOCATIONSverbsfight 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.phrasesbe 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 + wara world war· No one wants another world war.a civil war (=between opposing groups within a country)· the English Civil Wara 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 + NOUNthe 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 criminalsa 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 ► Don’t say ‘do the war’. Say go to war or make war.THESAURUSwar noun [countable, uncountable] 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 warconflict noun [countable, uncountable] 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 warfarebattle noun [countable, uncountable] 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 /ˈskɜːmɪʃ/ 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 combataction 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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