(a) war of words

  • 11a war of words — phrase a situation in which two people or groups continuously criticize each other in public because they disagree seriously about something Thesaurus: arguments and arguingsynonym to arguehyponym Main entry: war …

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  • 12war of words — noun A heated and bad tempered exchange of inflammatory statements …

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  • 13war of words — Contention, controversy, dispute, wrangle, altercation, discussion, debate, disputation …

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  • 14war of words — noun (C) a public argument between politicians etc …

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  • 16war — (wôr) n. 1) a) A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties. b) The period of such conflict. c) The techniques and procedures of war; military science. 2) a) A condition of active antagonism or… …

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  • 17war — W1S3 [wo: US wo:r] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old North French; Origin: werre, from Old French guerre] 1.) [U and C] when there is fighting between two or more countries or between opposing groups within a country, involving large numbers of soldiers… …

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  • 18war — [ wɔr ] noun *** ▸ 1 when countries fight ▸ 2 effort to stop something ▸ 3 when people compete ▸ 4 when people fight/argue ▸ 5 World War II ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) uncount fighting between two or more countries, that involves the use of the military and …

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  • 19a war of words — a situation in which two people or groups continuously criticize each other in public because they disagree seriously about something …

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  • 20War of the Words — Infobox Television episode | Title = War of the Words Series = Frasier Season = 9 Episode = 18 Airdate = 12 March 2002 Writer = Saladin K. Patterson Director = Sheldon Epps Guests = Philip Casnoff (Dr. Bernard Gaston) Jeff Perry (John Clayton)… …

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