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| act of war n | (action that provokes a war) | عمل عدائيّ، عمل حربيّ |
| | The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was an act of war, provoking the US to enter WWII. |
| all-out war n | (full-scale combat) | حرب شاملة |
| | The drug cartels along the US-Mexico border have declared an all-out war against law enforcement. |
antiwar,
anti-war adj | (against armed conflict) | مناهض للحروب |
| art of war n | (military strategy) (الإستراتيجيات العسكرية) | فنّ الحرب |
| | General Patton was an avid student of the art of war. |
| at war adj | (in armed conflict) | في حالة حرب |
| | The Prime Minister has just declared that the nation is at war. |
| at war with [sb] expr | (in armed conflict with) | في حالة حرب مع شخص |
| | Britain had been at war with France since 1803. |
| at war adj | figurative (in a dispute) | على خلاف |
| | The two political parties are at war over the tax. |
| at war with [sb] expr | figurative (in a dispute with) | على خلاف مع شخص |
| | Mr. Ellis has been at war with his neighbour Mr Barker about the state of his garden. |
| at war with [sth] expr | figurative (ideas, desires: in conflict with) (مجازي) | في حالة حرب مع شيء |
| | | في مواجهة مع شيء |
| | The Church has often been openly at war with Marxism. |
| at war with [sb] expr | figurative (fighting, in conflict with) (مجازي) | في حالة حرب مع شخص |
| | | في مواجهة مع شخص |
| | Some militant vegans are at war with meat eaters. |
| civil war n | (country's internal war) | حرب أهلية |
| | The civil war has displaced almost half the country's population. |
the Civil War,
the American Civil War n | historical, US (war between US states) | الحرب الأهلية الأميركية |
| | The American Civil War broke out in April 1861. |
| the Cold War n | (hostility: Soviet Union and West) | الحرب الباردة |
| | Many people were believed to be spies during the Cold War. |
| cold war n | (hostility short of armed warfare) | حرب باردة |
| cold war n | figurative (on-going veiled antagonism) | حرب باردة |
| conventional war n | (with traditional weapons) | حرب تقليدية |
| culture war n | US (conflict of values) | صراع ثقافي |
| declaration of war n | (formal announcement of war) | إعلان الحرب |
| | Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Declaration of War in December of 1941. |
| declare war vtr + n | (state intention to make war) | يعلن الحرب |
| | On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war. |
declare war on [sb/sth],
declare war against [sb/sth] v expr | (state intention to make war with) | يعلن الحرب على شيء/شخص |
| | France declared war on Prussia on July 19, 1870. |
| | On July 28th 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. |
| declare war on [sth] v expr | figurative (take strong steps against) (مجازي) | يعلن الحرب على شيء |
| | President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs in 1971. |
| dirty war n | (war: regime against insurgents) | حرب قذرة |
| drone war n | (missile attacks) (حرب بمراكب قتال جوي بدون طيار) | حرب الدرونز |
the First World War,
World War One,
World War I,
the Great War n | (international conflict 1914-1919) | الحرب العالمية الأولى |
| foreign war n | (warfare waged in another country) | حرب خارجيّة |
frigate bird,
man-o'-war bird,
hurricane-bird n | (seabird) (طائر بحري) | طائر الفرقاط |
| gang war n | (conflict between urban gangs) | حرب عصابات |
| | Certain urban areas are not safe due to one gang war after another. |
| go to war v expr | (engage in warfare) | يخوض الحرب |
| | Britain went to war against Germany in 1914. |
| go to war v expr | (leave for battlefront) | يذهب إلى الحرب |
| | The exhibition highlights how many young men went to war from Wells and the surrounding villages. |
| god of war n | (mythology: Mars, Ares, Odin, etc.) | إله الحرب |
| | Mars was the Roman god of war. |
| | كان "مارس" إله الحرب عند الرومان. |
hawk,
war hawk n | (politics) (في السياسة) | صقر |
| | The new congressman is a hawk and is trying to raise defense spending again. |
| | عضو الكونغرس الجديد هو من صقور السياسة، ويسعى لزيادة الإنفاق العسكريّ من جديد. |
| holy war n | (crusade, religious war) | حرب دينية، حرب مقدسة |
| | | جِهاد |
| make love not war interj | (pacifist slogan of the 1960s) (شعار دعاة السلم في الستينيات) | مارسوا الحب لا الحرب، مارسوا الحب ولا تشنوا الحرب |
| | 'Make love not war' was the best-known slogan of the hippy movement. |
| make war vtr + n | (wage war: engage in warfare) | يشنّ حربًا |
| make war on [sth] v expr | (start a war against) | يشنّ حربًا ضد شيء |
| make war on [sth] v expr | figurative (fight strongly against) (مجازي: يحاربه بشدة) | يشنّ حربًا على شيء |
postwar,
also UK: post-war adj | (after a war) | بعد الحرب |
postwar,
also UK: post-war adj | (after the Second World War) | بعد الحرب العالمية الثانية |
| | Post-war Japan experienced tremendous economic growth. |
| preventive war n | (to prevent greater conflict) | حرب وقائية |
| | Many historians regard World War I as a preventive war. |
| prisoner of war n | (captured by enemy) (في قبضة العدو) | أسير حرب |
| prisoner-of-war camp n | (site to hold captured enemy) | مُعتقَل أسرى الحرب |
| religious war n | (conflict between religions) | حرب دينية |
| | The Crusades were part of a religious war between Christians and Muslims. |
Revolutionary War,
American Revolutionary War,
American Revolution n | historical (18th-century revolt) | حرب ثورية |
| | | حرب الثورة الأميركية |
the Second World War,
World War II n | (international conflict of 1939-1945) | الحرب العالمية الثانية |
| | The Second World War began on 3rd September 1939. |
| shooting war n | (armed conflict) (صراع مسلح) | حرب ساخنة |
| Spanish Civil War n | historical (1930s war) (في ثلاثينيات القرن العشرين) | الحرب الأهلية الإسبانية |
| spoils of war npl | (loot: [sth] plundered in a conflict) | غنائم الحرب |
| state of war n | (hostilities between nations) | حالة حرب |
| | They have been in a near-constant state of war for years. |
| Trojan war n | historical (Greeks versus Trojans) | حرب طروادة |
| | The Trojan War is recounted in the epic poem "The Iliad" by the Greek poet Homer. |
tug-of-war,
tug of war,
tug-o-war,
tug o' war n | (game: pulling on rope) | لعبة شد الحبل |
| | The heaviest people are at the back in games of tug-of-war. |
| | أثقل المشتركين هم الذين يقفون في الخلف في ألعاب شد الحبل. |
tug-of-war,
tug of war n | figurative (struggle, competition) | صراع، نزاع |
| | (مجازي) | شد حبل |
| | They will not get anything done until they cease this tug-of-war and start pulling in the same direction. |
| | لن يحققوا أي هدف ما لم يتوقف شد الحبل هذا ويسعوا لنفس الأهداف. |
| turf war n | (dispute over territory) | حرب على منطقة نفوذ |
| the Vietnam War n | (1960s conflict) | حرب فيتنام |
| wage war vtr + n | (make war: engage in warfare) | يشنّ حربًا، يخوض حربًا |
| | After a decade of waging war, even the country's bellicose leaders were beginning to long for peace. |
| wage war on [sb/sth] v expr | (launch an attack) | يشنّ حربًا على شيء/شخص |
| | The Vikings waged war on coastal villages and monasteries. |
| wage war on [sth] v expr | figurative (attack) | يشنّ حربًا على شيء، يهاجم شيئًا |
| | Cameron waged war on Brown's new economic policies. |
| war cabinet n | (government wartime committee) (في الحكومة) | لجنة شئون الحرب |
| | The president consulted with his war cabinet before ordering an invasion. |
| war chest n | figurative (money to finance a war) | صندوق الحرب، تمويل الحرب |
| | We need to double our war chest if we hope to get her elected. |
| war clouds npl | figurative (sign of trouble ahead) | بوادر الحرب، شبح الحرب |
| | At the end of the 1930s, war clouds were gathering throughout Europe. |
| war correspondent n | (journalist who reports from war zones) | مراسل حربي |
| | She started her career in journalism as a war correspondent. |
| war crime n | usually plural (unacceptable wartime acts) | جرائم حرب |
| | He is awaiting trial in The Hague for war crimes. |
| war criminal n | (law: breaks war conventions) | مجرم حرب |
| war cry n | (to rally soldiers) | صيحة حرب |
| | Hungarian warriors used to shout the war cry "Huj, Huj, Hajrá!". |
| war cry n | figurative (slogan used to rally support) | شعار حماسيّ |
| | 'No new taxes' became their war cry prior to the election. |
| war economy n | (allocation of resources in wartime) | اقتصاد الحرب |
| | Many historians agree that the end of the depression of the 1930s was a result of the war economy. |
| war effort n | (work done for one's country during war) | المجهود الحربي |
| war game | (military) | مناورة عسكرية |
| war games npl | (enactment of battles) | تكتيكات الحرب |
| | Army commanders use war games to sharpen up and practise their tactics. |
| war hammer n | (weaponry) | مطرقة حربية، مطرقة قتالية |
| war medal n | (military decoration for heroism in war) | ميدالية الحرب |
| | The most prestigious war medal in the United States is the Congressional Medal of Honor. |
| war memorial n | (monument to dead soldiers) | نصب تذكاريّ حربيّ |
| | The war memorials in Washington, D.C. attract a lot of tourists every year. |
| war of attrition n | (warfare: weakening other side over time) (إضعاف الطرفين الواحد للآخر على مر الوقت) | حرب استنزاف |
| war of nerves n | figurative (psychological conflict) | حرب أعصاب |
| | The match became a war of nerves, with both players waiting for the other to crack. |
| war of words n | figurative (argument) | حرب كلامية |
| | The rival candidates became involved in a nasty war of words. |
| war on drugs n | figurative (efforts to combat use of illegal drugs) | الحرب على المخدِّرات |
| war paint n | (warriors' face paint) (على وجه المقاتل) | طلاء الحرب |
| | The Apache warrior was wearing war paint and an elaborate headdress. |
| war paint n | informal, figurative, humorous (make-up) | مكياج |
| | Susan put on her full war paint for the grand ball. |
| war plans npl | (military strategy in case of war) | خطط حربية |
| war relief n | (humanitarian aid) | أعمال إغاثة بسبب الحرب |
| | The Red Cross raised $3 million for war relief. |
| war victim n | ([sb] who suffers due to armed conflict) (من يعاني من جراء نزاع مسلح) | ضحيَّة حرب |
| war zone n | (area affected by combat) | منطقة حرب |
| | The Red Cross evacuated all civilians from the war zone. |
| war-hungry adj | figurative (seeking armed conflict) | مؤيد للحرب |
| war-torn adj | (ravaged by war) | مزّقته الحرب، تمزّقه الحرب |
| war-torn country n | (nation marked by conflict) | بلد تمزّقه الحرب |
| war-weary adj | (exhausted by war) | أنهكه الحرب |
| war-weary adj | (military airplane: damaged beyond use) (طائرة عسكرية: متضرر ولا سبيل لإصلاحه) | مدمَّر |
warbonnet,
war bonnet n | (North American Indian headdress) | قبّعة زعيم الهنود الأميركيين |
warship,
war vessel n | (seagoing combat vessel) | سفينة حربية |
| | The warship was capable of firing guns, torpedoes, and missiles. |
| world war n | (large-scale international conflict) | حرب عالمية |
| | Government officials are doing all they can to prevent a world war. |
| WWI n | abbreviation (World War One) | الحرب العالمية الأولى |
| WWII n | abbreviation (World War Two) | الحرب العالمية الثانية |