noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ long , short
▪ impending , ongoing
▪ bloody
▪ all-out , full-scale , total
▪
Six years of total ~ 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 ~.
▪
The Spartans were persuaded to make ~ on Athens.
▪
The terrorists were charged with waging ~ against the state.
▪ win
▪ lose
▪ declare
▪ enter
▪
The United States entered the ~ in 1917.
▪ launch , start
▪
They launched a trade ~ against France.
▪ spark
▪
He fears the violence could spark a civil ~.
▪ go to
▪
The country went to ~ in 1939.
▪ end
▪ avert , prevent
▪ be devastated by , be ravaged by
▪ be killed in
WAR + VERB
▪ approach , loom , threaten
▪ begin , break out , come , erupt , start
▪ escalate , spread
▪
talks to prevent the ~ from escalating
▪ continue , drag on , go on , last , progress , rage , rage on
▪
The ~ raged for nearly two years.
▪ come to an end , end
WAR + NOUN
▪ years
▪
the shortage of food during the ~ years
▪ hero , veteran
▪ chief , leader
▪ casualties , victims
▪ damage
▪ correspondent
▪
the ~ correspondent of a daily newspaper
▪ coverage
▪
critiques of the mainstream media's ~ coverage
▪ artist , poet (both esp. BrE )
▪ zone
▪ effort
▪
Every available resource went towards/toward the ~ effort.
▪ record
▪
Both candidates have distinguished ~ records.
▪ wound
▪ crime , criminal
▪ cemetery , graves , memorial
▪ plan
▪ aims
▪ game
▪ chest
▪
The government has a $20-billion ~ chest to fight terrorism.
▪ reparations
▪ bride , widow
▪ booty
▪ cry , dance
▪ machine
▪
the Soviet ~ machine
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
▪
a country at ~
▪ between the ~s (= between the First and Second World Wars) , in (a/the) ~
▪
killed in ~
▪
He took part in the Vietnam War.
▪ ~ against , ~ with
▪
the ~ against the French
▪
a ~ against drug abuse
▪ ~ between
▪
~ between Iran and Iraq
▪ ~ for
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the Greek ~ for independence
▪ ~ of
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a ~ of liberation
▪ ~ on
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The US declared ~ on Japan.
▪ ~ with
▪
a trade ~ with the United States
PHRASES
▪ the aftermath of the ~
▪
Unexploded mines were a big danger to civilians in the aftermath of the ~.
▪ the brink of ~
▪
The crisis took Europe to the brink of ~.
▪ the course of a/the ~
▪
He was wounded twice during the course of the ~.
▪ a declaration of ~
▪
Congress has made a formal declaration of ~.
▪ the horrors of ~
▪
The country had just emerged from the horrors of civil ~.
▪ in a state of ~
▪
The country was now in a state of ~.
▪ in time of ~ , in times of ~
▪
In times of ~, troops were billeted in the mill.
▪ on a ~ footing
▪
The army had been placed on a ~ footing.
▪ the outbreak of ~
▪
At the outbreak of ~, most children were evacuated to the countryside.
▪ the outcome of a/the ~
▪
The outcome of the ~ was far from certain.
▪ a prisoner of ~
▪
He was held as a prisoner of ~.
▪ a theatre/theater of ~
▪
The country has long been a theatre/theater of ~.
▪ a ~ of attrition