wars 1 of 2

noun

Definition of warsnext
plural of war
1
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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2
as in conflicts
a lack of agreement or harmony the siblings always seemed to be at war with one another

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3
as in rivalries
an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another only the latest round in the never-ending class war

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wars

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verb

present tense third-person singular of war
as in battles

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wars
  1. hostilities
  2. rivalries
  3. contends
  4. confrontations
  5. competitions
  6. divisions
Noun
  • Rebels used that vacuum to advance in Syria, and their calculation paid off; an offensive that might have led to another months-long eruption in hostilities instead took days, ending with a march into the capital that was met with little resistance.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Diplomacy in Doha The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey, meeting in Qatar, called for an end to the hostilities.
    BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of hostilities
Noun
  • Social media has flipped the power dynamic, turning memes into tools for steering these rivalries.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Until now, these were business and personal rivalries between some of the richest and most successful people in the world.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of rivalries
Verb
  • The decision delays essential services for a vulnerable population, LMM contends.
    Sam Allard, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Ver contends that the expatriation exit tax regime oversteps due process protections by being overly punitive, vague, and burdensome.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of contends
Noun
  • For those families who consider gift giving a nonnegotiable aspect of the holidays, Ward encourages people to buy something small to avoid confrontations.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The next conflict to unfreeze could be one that the outside world has all but forgotten—but that has the potential, like Syria, to draw outside powers into confrontations none of them want.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of confrontations
Noun
  • The Gracenote product offers a single application program interface, or API, that covers more than 150 different league and competitions.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The legal capacity is 10 rounds in New York except for guns used at competitions or ranges.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of competitions
Noun
  • Legendary develops, produces, markets, and finances major films for global audiences, while also maintaining leading television, comic book, video game, licensing, and merchandising divisions.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Any recognition of Somaliland as an independent state will result in dangerous repercussions, including exacerbating internal divisions between the various clans of Somaliland that support independence and others that seek to remain within the Somali federal state.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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