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| act of war n | (action that provokes a war) | ato de guerra loc sm |
| | The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was an act of war, provoking the US to enter WWII. |
| all-out war n | (full-scale combat) | guerra total loc sf |
| | The drug cartels along the US-Mexico border have declared an all-out war against law enforcement. |
antiwar,
anti-war adj | (against armed conflict) | antibélico adj |
| art of war n | (military strategy) | arte da guerra loc sf |
| | General Patton was an avid student of the art of war. |
| at war adj | (in armed conflict) | em guerra loc adj |
| | The Prime Minister has just declared that the nation is at war. |
| at war with [sb] expr | (in armed conflict with) | em guerra com loc prep |
| | Britain had been at war with France since 1803. |
| at war adj | figurative (in a dispute) (figurado) | em guerra loc adj |
| | The two political parties are at war over the tax. |
| at war with [sb] expr | figurative (in a dispute with) (figurado, informal) | em pé de guerra com loc prep |
| | (figurado) | em guerra com loc prep |
| | 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) | em conflito com loc prep |
| at war with [sb] expr | figurative (fighting, in conflict with) (figurado) | em guerra com loc prep |
| | Some militant vegans are at war with meat eaters. |
| | The Church has often been openly at war with Marxism. |
| civil war n | (country's internal war) | guerra civil sf |
| | The civil war has displaced almost half the country's population. |
| | A guerra civil desabrigou quase metade da população do país. |
the Civil War,
the American Civil War n | historical, US (war between US states) (história, Estados Unidos) | Guerra Civil sf |
| | The American Civil War broke out in April 1861. |
| | A Guerra Civil Americana eclodiu em abril de 1861. |
| the Cold War n | (hostility: Soviet Union and West) | Guerra Fria sf |
| | Many people were believed to be spies during the Cold War. |
| cold war n | (hostility short of armed warfare) | guerra fria sf + adj |
| cold war n | figurative (on-going veiled antagonism) (figurado, disputa velada) | guerra fria expres |
| conventional war n | (with traditional weapons) (guerra com armas tradicionais) | guerra convencional loc sf |
| culture war n | US (conflict of values) | conflito de valores loc sm |
| declaration of war n | (formal announcement of war) | declaração de guerra loc sf |
| | Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Declaration of War in December of 1941. |
| declare war vtr + n | (state intention to make war) | declarar guerra expres |
| | On August 1, 1914, Germany declared war. |
| | A França declarou guerra à Prússia em 19 de Julho de 1870. |
declare war on [sb/sth],
declare war against [sb/sth] v expr | (state intention to make war with) | declarar guerra expres |
| | France declared war on Prussia on July 19, 1870. |
| | On July 28th 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. |
| | Em 28 de Julho de 1914, a Áustria-Hungria declarou guerra contra a Sérvia. |
| declare war on [sth] v expr | figurative (take strong steps against) | declarar guerra expres |
| | President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs in 1971. |
| | O presidente Richard Nixon declarou guerra às drogas em 1971. |
the First World War,
World War One,
World War I,
the Great War n | (international conflict 1914-1919) | Primeira Guerra Mundial sf + sf + adj |
| foreign war n | (warfare waged in another country) | guerra no estrangeiro loc sf |
French and Indian War,
UK: Seven Years' War n | (18th-century war) (EUA, conflito séc. 18) | guerra franco-indígena loc sf |
| | England took control of Quebec in the French and Indian War. |
| gang war n | (conflict between urban gangs) | guerra de gangues loc n |
| | Certain urban areas are not safe due to one gang war after another. |
| | Certas áreas urbanas não são seguras por causa seguidas guerras de gangues. |
| go to war v expr | (engage in warfare) | ir à guerra loc v t |
| | | declarar guerra loc v t |
| | Britain went to war against Germany in 1914. |
| | A Grã-Bretanha foi à guerra contra a Alemanha em 1914. |
| go to war v expr | (leave for battlefront) | partir para a guerra loc v t |
| | The exhibition highlights how many young men went to war from Wells and the surrounding villages. |
| | A exibição destaca a quantidade de jovens soldados que partiram para a guerra de Wells e das vilas próximas. |
| god of war n | (mythology: Mars, Ares, Odin, etc.) (mito: Marte, Ares, Odin, etc.) | deus da guerra loc sm |
| | Mars was the Roman god of war. |
hawk,
war hawk n | (politics) (estrangeirismo, político pró-guerra) | hawk sm |
| | The new congressman is a hawk and is trying to raise defense spending again. |
| | O novo congressista é um hawk e está tentando aumentar os gastos em defesa novamente. |
| holy war n | (crusade, religious war) | guerra santa loc sf |
| make love not war interj | (pacifist slogan of the 1960s) (lema dos hippies nos anos 60) | faça amor não faça guerra! interj |
| | 'Make love not war' was the best-known slogan of the hippy movement. |
Portuguese man-o'-war,
Portuguese man-of-war,
man-of-war n | (jellyfish) (animal) | caravela portuguesa sf |
postwar,
also UK: post-war adj | (after a war) (após uma guerra) | pós-guerra, após-guerra sm |
postwar,
also UK: post-war adj | (after the Second World War) (após a Segunda Guerra Mundial) | pós-guerra, após-guerra adj |
| | Post-war Japan experienced tremendous economic growth. |
| preventive war n | (to prevent greater conflict) | guerra preventiva sf |
| | Many historians regard World War I as a preventive war. |
| religious war n | (conflict between religions) (conflito entre religiões) | guerra religiosa loc sf |
| | The Crusades were part of a religious war between Christians and Muslims. |
Revolutionary War,
American Revolutionary War,
American Revolution n | historical (18th-century revolt) | Guerra de Independência dos Estados Unidos expres |
| | | Guerra Revolucionária Americana expres |
| | | Guerra Americana da Independência expres |
| | | Guerra Revolucionária dos Estados Unidos expres |
the Second World War,
World War II n | (international conflict of 1939-1945) | Segunda Guerra Mundial loc sf |
| | The Second World War began on 3rd September 1939. |
| shooting war n | (armed conflict) | conflito armado sm + adj |
| Spanish Civil War n | historical (1930s war) | guerra civil espanhola sf + adj |
| spoils of war npl | (loot: [sth] plundered in a conflict) (saquear: algo saqueado em um conflito) | despojos de guerra sm pl |
| | | espólio de guerra sm |
| state of war n | (hostilities between nations) (hostilidades entre nações) | estado de guerra sm |
| | (informal) | guerra sf |
| | They have been in a near-constant state of war for years. |
| Trojan war n | historical (Greeks versus Trojans) | guerra de Tróia loc sf |
| | 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) (jogo com corda) | cabo-de-guerra sm |
| | The heaviest people are at the back in games of tug-of-war. |
tug-of-war,
tug of war n | figurative (struggle, competition) (figurado: competição) | luta, medição de força, batalha sf |
| | (figurado) | cabo-de-guerra sm |
| | They will not get anything done until they cease this tug-of-war and start pulling in the same direction. |
| turf war n | (dispute over territory) (disputa sobre território) | disputa territorial loc sf |
| wage war vtr + n | (make war: engage in warfare) | declarar guerra expres v |
| | | entrar em guerra expres v |
| | | guerrear vt |
| | 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) | atacar vt |
| | The Vikings waged war on coastal villages and monasteries. |
| wage war on [sth] v expr | figurative (attack) | atacar vt |
| | Cameron waged war on Brown's new economic policies. |
| war cabinet n | (government wartime committee) (comitê de guerra do governo) | gabinete de guerra sm |
| | | comitê de guerra sm |
| | The president consulted with his war cabinet before ordering an invasion. |
war casualty,
casualty of war n | (soldier: injured) | ferido de guerra sm |
| | (informal) | baixa sf |
war casualty,
casualty of war n | ([sb] killed during conflict) | ferido de guerra sm |
| | (informal) | baixa sf |
| war chest n | figurative (money to finance a war) (dinheiro para financiar uma guerra) | reservas de guerra sf pl |
| | | fundos de guerra sm pl |
| | We need to double our war chest if we hope to get her elected. |
| war clouds npl | figurative (sign of trouble ahead) (sinal de problemas futuros) | ares de guerra sm pl |
| | (figurado) | nuvens negras sf pl |
| | At the end of the 1930s, war clouds were gathering throughout Europe. |
| war correspondent n | (journalist who reports from war zones) (jornalista que cobre áreas de guerra) | correspondente de guerra sm, sf |
| | | jornalista de guerra sm, sf |
| | She started her career in journalism as a war correspondent. |
| war cry n | (to rally soldiers) (algo gritado na batalha para preparar soldados) | grito de guerra sm |
| | Hungarian warriors used to shout the war cry "Huj, Huj, Hajrá!". |
| war cry n | figurative (slogan used to rally support) (slogan usado para reunir equipe de apoio) | grito de guerra sm |
| | 'No new taxes' became their war cry prior to the election. |
| War Eagle n | US (American Civil War emblem) (emblema da guerra civil norte-americana) | emblema de águia sm |
| war economy n | (allocation of resources in wartime) (alocação de recursos na guerra) | economia de guerra sf |
| | 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) (trabalho feito pela nação durante a guerra) | trabalho de guerra sm |
| | | esforço de guerra sm |
| war fever n | literary, pejorative (enthusiasm for war) | febre de guerra sf |
| war games npl | (enactment of battles) | exercícios táticos, jogos de guerra sm pl |
| | Army commanders use war games to sharpen up and practise their tactics. |
| war medal n | (military decoration for heroism in war) (condecoração militar por heroismo na guerra) | medalha de guerra sf |
| | The most prestigious war medal in the United States is the Congressional Medal of Honor. |
| war memorial n | (monument to dead soldiers) (monumento para soldados mortos) | memorial de guerra sm |
| | The war memorials in Washington, D.C. attract a lot of tourists every year. |
| war of attrition n | (warfare: weakening other side over time) | guerra de desgaste loc sf |
| war of nerves n | figurative (psychological conflict) (figurado: conflito psicológico) | guerra de nervos, guerra psicológica loc sf |
| | The match became a war of nerves, with both players waiting for the other to crack. |
| war of words n | figurative (argument) (figurado: discussão) | guerra de palavras sf |
| | The rival candidates became involved in a nasty war of words. |
| war on drugs n | figurative (efforts to combat use of illegal drugs) (esforços no combate ao uso ilegal de drogas) | guerra contra as drogas sf |
| war paint n | (warriors' face paint) | pintura de guerra sf |
| | The Apache warrior was wearing war paint and an elaborate headdress. |
| war paint n | informal, figurative, humorous (make-up) (figurado, maquiagem) | pintura de guerra sf |
| | Susan put on her full war paint for the grand ball. |
| war plans npl | (military strategy in case of war) (estratégia militar em caso de guerra) | planos de guerra sm pl |
| | | estratégias militares sf pl |
| | | estratégias de guerra sf pl |
| war powers n | (government: powers during war time) | poderio de guerra sm |
| war relief n | (humanitarian aid) (ajuda humanitária para áreas em conflito) | ajuda humanitária sf |
| | The Red Cross raised $3 million for war relief. |
| war victim n | ([sb] who suffers due to armed conflict) (alguém que sofre devido ao conflito armado) | vítima de guerra sf |
| war zone n | (area affected by combat) (área afetada por combate) | zona de guerra sf |
| | | área de guerra sf |
| | | zona de conflito sf |
| | The Red Cross evacuated all civilians from the war zone. |
| war-hungry adj | figurative (seeking armed conflict) (buscando conflito armado) | sedento por guerra adj |
| war-torn adj | (ravaged by war) | devastado pela guerra adj |
| war-weary adj | (exhausted by war) | cansado pela guerra loc adj |
| war-weary adj | (military airplane: damaged beyond use) (militar) | destruído pela guerra loc adj |
warbonnet,
war bonnet n | (North American Indian headdress) (indígena) | warbonnet sm |
warship,
war vessel n | (seagoing combat vessel) | navio de guerra sm + prep + sf |
| | | barco de combate sm + prep + sm |
| | (navio de combate) | belonave sm |
| | The warship was capable of firing guns, torpedoes, and missiles. |
| world war n | (large-scale international conflict) | guerra mundial loc sf |
| | Government officials are doing all they can to prevent a world war. |
| WWI n | abbreviation (World War One) | Primeira Guerra Mundial sp |
| WWII n | abbreviation (World War Two) | Segunda Guerra Mundial sp |
| Yom Kippur War | (war) | Guerra do Yom Kippur loc sf |