war; fighting; fierce competition
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
belligerence; fighting spirit
major war; great war; world war
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
struggle (for); scramble; contest
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
war of aggression; war of conquest
strife; struggle; conflict; fight
First Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895)
American Civil War (1861-1865)
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
disputed territory; conflict area
war of succession; succession war
dispute; contention; conflict; controversy
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
class struggle; class warfare; class conflict
Greater East Asian War (1941-1945); Pacific War
competitiveness; competitive edge; competitive power
argument; dispute; controversy
factional infighting (conflict); antagonism between factions
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
area of (armed) conflict; conflict zone; trouble spot
examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945); war between Japan and China
War and Peace (1869 novel by Leo Tolstoy)
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
war responsibility (esp. in relation to Japan's role in WWII)
international border dispute
economic warfare; economic war
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
Arab-Israeli Wars (1948, 1956, 1967, 1973)
competitive bidding (esp. for government contracts)
labor dispute; labour dispute; industrial dispute; strike
(making something a) political issue
war experience; experience of war; memories of war
Seven Years' War (1756-1763)
contending for victory; struggling for supremacy
American War of Independence (1775-1783); American Revolution
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
negotiation of conditions
international competitiveness; global competitiveness
disputed area; contested land; territory under dispute
arms race; armaments race
all-out war; full-scale war
Punic Wars (between Rome and Carthage)
War of the Roses (1455-1485)
Hussite Wars (1419-1434); Bohemian Wars; Hussite Revolution
Anglo-Satsuma War (1863); Bombardment of Kagoshima
conflict between a bride and her mother-in-law; (lit.) bride and mother-in-law war
Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Spanish-American War (1898)
campaign against the Japan-US Security Treaty (1959-60, 1970)
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
Austro-Prussian War (1866)
conflict resolution; dispute resolution
War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)
Third Arab-Israeli War (June 5-10, 1967); Six-Day War
political strife (antagonism, conflict)
Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war; 1868)
let a hundred schools of thought contend
campus dispute; campus strife
Yom Kippur War; fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
competitive examination; screening examination
legal dispute; contestation; suit
battle painting; war painting
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
domestic dispute; family trouble
Kulturkampf (church-state conflict in Prussia; 1872-1887)
megacompetition; mega-competition
information warfare; information war
Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)
war neurosis; combat fatigue; battle fatigue; shell shock
struggle for supremacy; championship game
war heritage site; war ruins
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BCE); Chu-Han War
home run hitting competition
Arrow War (the second Opium War; 1856-1860)
procedures to determine the points at issue; pre-trial mutual disclosure and discussion of the points of contention
strikers; workers on strike
Mein Kampf (by Adolf Hitler, 1925-1926)
Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864); Shimonoseki bombardment
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
centipede race (foot race in which teams of runners are tied together)
Wars of Religion (of France; 1562-1598)
Franco-Dutch War (1672-1678); Dutch War
Unfair Competition Prevention Act
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
country in conflict; war-torn country
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
(second) Boer War (1899-1902)
lacking opposition or competition
open tendering; open competitive bidding
country involved in a conflict; belligerent state
Irish War of Independence (1919-1921)
Eighty Years' War (1568-1648); Dutch War of Independence
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Spanish-American War (1898)
Dirty War (period of state terrorism in Argentina; 1976-1983)
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
Franco-German War (i.e. the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)
(debate over) the problem of universals
Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War
Queen Anne's War (1702-1713)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Great Northern War (1700-1721)
chaos on the roads; high incidence of road traffic casualties; (lit.) traffic war
(first) Indochina War (1946-1954)
push-button war; war started or ended with the push of a button (e.g. to launch a nuclear missile)
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945); Pacific War; (lit.) fifteen years' war
Social War (91-87 BC); Marsic War; Italic War
Russo-German War (1941-1945)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
Sino-French War (1884-1885)
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
industrial (labor-management) dispute (labour); industrial strife
argument as to (about) the authenticity (of ...)
business competition; corporate competition
whirlpool of political strife
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg
legal point of contention; matter in dispute; subject of debate; issue in contention
Sacred Wars (of Ancient Greece)
Shimonoseki campaign (1863-1864); Shimonoseki bombardment
Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1941-1944)
Zhili-Fengtian Wars (of China; 1922-1924)
unfair competition; anti-competitive practices
Battle of Hokuetsu (1868)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Sanrizuka Struggle; campaign against the construction of Narita airport
trade dispute; trade conflict; trade war
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
War of the Grand Alliance; War of the League of Augsburg
declaration of ending a state of war
Sino-Vietnamese War (1979)
Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967); Third Arab-Israeli War
War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (Chinese name for the Second Sino-Japanese War; 1937-1945)
Sino-Soviet Border Conflict (1969)
dispute between China and Vietnam
explosive remnants of war; ERW
War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870); Paraguayan War
anticompetitive behaviour; anticompetitive behavior; anticompetitive practice
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
Anglo-Dutch Wars (1652-1654, 1665-1667, 1672-1674)
Sikh Wars (1845-1846, 1848-1849)
Cod Wars (UK-Iceland confrontations over fishing rights; 1958, 1971, 1975)
Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)
browser war (competition for dominance in the usage share of web browsers)
Turko-Egyptian Wars (1831-1833; 1839-1840)
Anglo-Mysore Wars (1766-1799)
Anglo-Maratha Wars (1777-1783, 1803-1805, 1817-1818)
Lapland War (between Finland and Germany; 1944-1945)
hybrid warfare; hybrid war
Schmalkaldic War (of the Holy Roman Empire; 1546-1547)
Carlist Wars (of Spain; 1833-1876)
Maccabean Revolt (of Judea; 167 BC)
Arab-Israeli War of 1948; First Arab-Israeli War
Paraguayan War (1864-1870); War of the Triple Alliance
war of national liberation
Omnibus Trade and Competition Act
business competitiveness; corporate competitiveness
Ishiyama Honganji War (1570-1580); Ishiyama War
competitive sense; sense of rivalry
war-risk insurance; war insurance
Foreign Intervention in Russia (1917-1922)
labor unrest; labour unrest
Act on the Settlement of Environmental Pollution Disputes
fighting over inheritance; inheritance dispute
Italo-Turkish War (1911-1912)
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
War of the Polish Succession (1733-1735)
Anglo-Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
labor slowdown; labour slowdown
collateral estoppel; issue preclusion
friend who gives frank advice; critical friend
Bosnian Conflict (1992-1998)
blood diamond; conflict diamonds; war diamonds
Croatian War of Independence
War in North-West Pakistan
2007 Russia–Belarus energy dispute
Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia
Puntland–Somaliland dispute
Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
internal discord; internal dissension