dogs of war
1. The chaos that accompanies war. Yes, but don't you think that a violent action like that will free the dogs of war?
2. Mercenaries. If we can't find enough willing soldiers, we'll have to turn to the dogs of war.
dogs of war
1 the havoc accompanying military conflict. literary 2 mercenary soldiers. This phrase is from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: ‘let slip the dogs of war’. The image is of hunting dogs being loosed from their leashes to pursue their prey.
2 1998 Times The good guys…may have broken the rules by employing dogs of war.