Tra từ war - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 wars
2 armed forces
3 starting a war
4 fighting a war
5 winning and losing
6 not at war (peace)
see also FIGHT

1 wars
- a situation of fighting between countries, groups, etc: war (noun C/U)
to fight a war ◎ to go to war ◎ nuclear war ◎ a prisoner of war
- ways of fighting a war: warfare (noun U)
biological/chemical/atomic warfare ◎ conventional warfare (= warfare in which nuclear weapons are not used)
- before a war: pre-war; after a war: post-war
the pre-war period ◎ post-war economic recovery
- a war that involves many countries: world war
the Second World War
- a war between groups of people inside the same country: civil war
- a war in which small groups of fighters make surprise attacks on the enemy: guerrilla war, guerrilla warfare; a person who fights in a guerrilla war: guerrilla
- fighting against the government: rebellion (noun C/U); a person who fights against his/her government, etc: rebel
- the army or country that your country is fighting against: (the) enemy (with singular or plural verb)
The enemy is attacking on four fronts. ◎ an enemy warplane
- a country that supports your country in a war: ally; adjective: allied
The allied attack succeeded in pushing the enemy over the river.
※ more on enemies ENEMY

2 armed forces
- the military forces of a country that are trained to fight on land: army; a member of an army: soldier
- the military forces of a country that are trained to fight at sea: navy; adjective: naval; a member of a navy: sailor
a naval officer
- the military forces of a country that are trained to fight in the air: air force; a member of an air force: (BrE) airman (plural airmen)
- all the soldiers, sailors and airmen of a country; their organization and their equipment: the armed forces, the armed services, the military; adjective (only before a noun): military
military action ◎ military service ◎ a military disaster
※ weapons
- an object that is used for fighting or killing people: weapon
- weapons used in war: arms (noun plural)
- a weapon that is used for shooting: gun
- a container that is filled with material that will explode if you throw it, drop it, etc: bomb
※ more on guns, bombs and other weapons GUN, BOMB, WEAPON
- a large heavy military vehicle covered in armour and armed with guns, that moves on special wheels: tank
- a type of ship used for war: warship
- a type of aeroplane used for war: warplane
※ more on armies and their weapons ARMY
- more on navies and their weapons NAVY
- more on air forces and their weapons AIR FORCE

3 starting a war
- to say publicly and officially that your country is at war with another country: declare war (on/against sb/sth)
Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939.
- the beginning of a war: outbreak
at the outbreak of war
- to enter a country with an army in order to attack it: invade (a country); noun: invasion; a person or country that does this: invader
They invaded with tanks, warplanes and thousands of ground forces. ◎ troops sent to guard against invasion
- an act of starting a fight or war without a good reason: aggression (noun U); a person or country that does this: aggressor
an act of aggression

4 fighting a war
- a country that is fighting a war is at war
We are at war with a larger and more powerful country.
- a period when there is a war: wartime (noun U)
life in wartime Britain
- a fight between armies during a war: battle
the battle of Waterloo
- a place where armies fight each other: battlefield
- a line or area where fighting takes place during a war: front
The soldiers were sent to the Eastern front.
- fighting, especially during a war: combat (noun U), action (noun U)
He was wounded in combat. ◎ My grandfather saw action in Norway during the war.
- to try to defeat a person, country, etc by using force: attack (sb/sth); noun: attack (on sb/sth), (formal) offensive
The enemy attacked at night. ◎ Rebel forces launched (= began) an attack on the parliament building. ◎ attacking forces ◎ They're planning another offensive.
- connected with or used for attacking: offensive
offensive weapons
- to make a surprise attack on a place: raid a place; noun: raid (on sth)
a dawn raid
- an attack by warplanes: air raid, air strike
- to drop bombs onto a place from warplanes: bomb a place; noun (U): bombing
They bombed all the main industrial cities. ◎ a bombing raid
- to fight a person, country, etc to protect sb/sth: defend sb/sth (against sb/sth); noun (U): defence (AmE defense) (of sb/sth) (against sth)
Would you fight to defend your country? ◎ the defence of our country against its enemies
- to attack the enemy after the enemy has attacked you: counter-attack; noun: counter-attack
The counter-attack caught the enemy by surprise.
- a planned series of attacks in a war: campaign
Napoleon's Russian campaign
- an organized plan of attack in a war: operation
an operation to capture a bridge
- the skilful use of your army to win a battle, etc: tactics (noun plural); adjective: tactical
a tactical success
- a plan to win a battle, get sth, etc: strategy (noun C/U); adjective: strategic
a successful strategy ◎ military strategy
- to surround a place with an army: besiege a place; an act of besieging a place: siege
The town was under siege and no supplies were allowed in.
- to take control of a building, town, country, etc by force: occupy a place; noun (U): occupation
Rebel forces have occupied the TV station.
- to take or win sth from your enemy by force: capture sth
The town has been captured by rebel troops.
- to go round a town, building, etc to make sure there is no trouble: patrol (a place); a person or group of people that patrol: patrol; patrolling a place: on patrol
The army makes hourly patrols of this area. ◎ a night patrol ◎ We were on patrol near the docks.
- extra soldiers, etc that are sent to make an army stronger: reinforcements (noun plural)
to send reinforcements
※ killing and injuring people
- to injure sb with a weapon: wound sb; the injury which a person receives: wound
He was wounded in the leg. ◎ an old war wound
- to kill a large number of people: massacre people; noun: massacre
The entire village was massacred. ◎ a terrible massacre
- to kill a large number of people, especially in a cruel way: slaughter people; noun (U): slaughter
The soldiers entered the village and slaughtered the women and children.
- people who have been wounded in fighting: the wounded (noun plural)
- people who have been killed in fighting: the dead (noun plural)
- a person who is killed or wounded in a war, accident, etc: casualty
Both sides suffered heavy casualties. ◎ the casualty list

5 winning and losing
- to be successful in a war, battle, etc: win* (sth)
They had won the battle but not the war.
- to win a war, battle, etc against sb/sth else: defeat sb/sth, beat* sb/sth; noun (C/U): defeat (of sb/sth)
The Scots defeated the English at Bannockburn.
- success in winning sth: victory (noun C/U)
to be confident of victory
- to take control of an area by winning a war: conquer a place; noun: conquest
the Spanish conquest of central America
- a person who conquers: conqueror
- not to be successful in a war, battle, etc: lose* (sth), be defeated/beaten (by sb/sth); noun (C/U): defeat (by sb/sth)
They were shocked by their defeat. ◎ The rebels would not accept defeat.
- (used about a town) to be defeated or captured by the enemy: fall*; noun fall
The town fell after a three week siege. ◎ the fall of Troy
- to move away in order to leave a battle: retreat; noun (C/U): retreat
The troops retreated along the river. ◎ Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. ◎ no possibility of retreat
- to stop fighting and admit that you have lost: surrender (to sb), lay* down your arms; noun (C/U): surrender
The general ordered his men to lay down their arms. ◎ the surrender of the city
※ more on winning and losing WIN/LOSE

6 not at war (peace)
- the state of not being at war: peace (noun U)
Europe has been at peace for fifty years.
- a period of peace: peacetime (noun U)
a peacetime economy
- a written agreement between two countries not to continue to fight each other: peace treaty
to sign a peace treaty
- to stop enemies from fighting each other: keep* the peace; a person or country that does this: peacekeeper; adjective: peacekeeping
United Nations troops were sent in to keep the peace. ◎ a peacekeeping force
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- a country that decides not to fight on either side in a war is neutral; the state of being neutral: neutrality (noun U)
- a person who refuses to join the army because he/she believes that war and fighting are wrong: conscientious objector
- the belief that all wars are wrong and you should not fight in them: pacifism (noun U)
- a person who believes in pacifism: pacifist
- the international organizations that give medical assistance to soldiers, etc: the Red Cross, the Red Crescent