war party
Hostile raiding group
A war party is a group organized for combat, originally referring to bands of warriors assembled for a raid or battle, especially among Native American peoples: The war party set out at dawn.
By extension, war party describes a faction within a government or organization that advocates for military action or aggressive policy: The war party in the cabinet pushed for intervention.
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- warmongeringPromoting or inciting warfare
- raidSudden armed incursion
- combatantsThose engaged in warfare
fighters · incursion · hawks · guerrilla · expedition · armed conflict · Amerindian · Native American · interventionism · tribe · commando · special forces · shock troops · faction · battle cry · ambush · jingoism · belligerents
- Frontier Warscavalry charge, militia, militias, colonial militia, massacre
- Plains IndiansSioux, Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche, Blackfoot
- tribal lifetribe, tribesman, chieftain, tribal chief, tribal elder
- raidersraiders, marauders, pillagers, plunderers, looters
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, armed conflict, military strategy
- war participantssoldiers, troops, armies, army, combatants
war partypeace mission
Effort to halt hostilities
diplomatic mission · peace envoy · embassy · goodwill mission · mediators
war partydoves
Gentle cooing birds
anti-war movement · antiwar movement · peace movement · appeasers · pacifists
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