make war
Engage in combat
To make war is to engage in armed conflict against an enemy—waging military campaigns, conducting battles, launching attacks.
The phrase emphasizes deliberate, sustained hostility rather than a single skirmish: The king made war on his neighbors for twenty years.
One can also make war on abstract enemies: The administration made war on corruption.
- chargeCost or accusation
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
- battleArmed military engagement
siege · scorched earth · displacement · rebellion · deployment · enemy lines · rules of engagement · PTSD · territorial disputes · propaganda · pacifism · peace treaty · bombard · trauma · occupy · imperialism · attack · aggression
make warmake peace
Resolve conflict between parties
keep the peace · lay down arms · demilitarize · coexist · call a truce
make warreconcile
Resolve a disagreement
make amends · bury the hatchet · forgive · negotiate · mediate
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