War of the Spanish Succession
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a general war in Europe (1701-1714) that broke out when Louis XIV installed his grandson on the throne of Spain; England and Holland hoped to limit Louis' power
war room
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a room where strategic decisions are made (especially for military or political campaigns)
War of Greek Independence
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)
War Secretary
— Navneord
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～ head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947
war
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious; "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
War to End War
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～ a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918
war cry
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– Engelsk
～ a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
War between the States
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– Engelsk
～ civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
war correspondent
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– Engelsk
～ a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcast
war
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ 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"
war
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ an active struggle between competing entities; "a price war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare"
Vietnam War
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States
Sino-Japanese War
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur
dirty war
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– Engelsk
～ an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims; "thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s"
House of War
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– Engelsk
～ areas where Muslims are in the minority and are persecuted
hot war
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– Engelsk
～ actual fighting between the warring parties
implements of war
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– Engelsk
～ weapons considered collectively
English Civil War
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I; 1644-1648
drug war
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– Engelsk
～ conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs
Gulf War
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～ a dispute over control of the waterway between Iraq and Iran broke out into open fighting in 1980 and continued until 1988, when they accepted a UN cease-fire resolution