- war
- nounADJECTIVE▪ long, short▪ impending, ongoing▪ bloody▪ all-out, full-scale, total▪
Six years of total war had left no citizen untouched.
▪ limited▪ pre-emptive, preventative (AmE)▪ holy, just, religious▪ dirty▪ civil, global, world▪ air, guerrilla▪ atomic, nuclear▪ conventional▪ cold▪ economic, trade▪ drug (esp. AmE)▪ bidding, price▪ class, culture (esp. AmE)▪ turf▪ phoney (BrE)VERB + WAR▪ be in, fight in▪My grandfather fought in the Korean War.
▪ 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▪ enter▪The United States entered the war in 1917.
▪ launch, start▪They launched a trade war against France.
▪ spark▪He fears the violence could spark a civil war.
▪ go to▪The country went to war in 1939.
▪ end▪ avert, prevent▪ be devastated by, be ravaged by▪ be killed inWAR + 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, rage on▪The war raged for nearly two years.
▪ come to an end, endWAR + NOUN▪ years▪the shortage of food during the war years
▪ hero, veteran▪ chief, leader▪ casualties, victims▪ damage▪ correspondent▪the war correspondent of a daily newspaper
▪ coverage▪critiques of the mainstream media's war coverage
▪ artist, poet (both esp. BrE)▪ zone▪ effort▪Every available resource went towards/toward the war effort.
▪ record▪Both candidates have distinguished war records.
▪ wound▪ crime, criminal▪ cemetery, graves, memorial▪ plan▪ aims▪ game▪ chest▪The government has a $20-billion war chest to fight terrorism.
▪ reparations▪ bride, widow▪ booty▪ cry, dance▪ machine▪the Soviet war machine
PREPOSITION▪ at war▪a country at war
▪ between the wars (= between the First and Second World Wars), in (a/the) war▪killed in war
▪He took part in the Vietnam War.
▪ war against, war with▪the war against the French
▪a war against drug abuse
▪ war between▪war between Iran and Iraq
▪ war for▪the Greek war for independence
▪ war of▪a war of liberation
▪ war on▪The US declared war on Japan.
▪ war with▪a trade war with the United States
PHRASES▪ the aftermath of the war▪Unexploded mines were a big danger to civilians in the aftermath of the war.
▪ the brink of war▪The crisis took Europe to the brink of war.
▪ the course of a/the war▪He was wounded twice during the course of the war.
▪ a declaration of war▪Congress has made a formal declaration of war.
▪ the horrors of war▪The country had just emerged from the horrors of civil war.
▪ in a state of war▪The country was now in a state of war.
▪ in time of war, in 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 outbreak of war▪At the outbreak of war, most children were evacuated to the countryside.
▪ the outcome of a/the war▪The outcome of the war was far from certain.
▪ a prisoner of war▪He was held as a prisoner of war.
▪ a theatre/theater of war▪The country has long been a theatre/theater of war.
▪ a war of attrition
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
