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Nouns (4)

n. fighting; acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities"

n. a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring"

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Fuzzynyms (10)

engagement, fight, battle

n. a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"

hostility, antagonism, enmity

n. a state of deep-seated ill-will

brush, encounter, clash, skirmish

n. a minor short-term fight

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Antonyms (4)

peace

n. the state prevailing during the absence of war

armistice, cease-fire, truce

n. a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms

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