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hawk n. someone who supports a warlike U.S. defense policy.The hawks want to raise taxes and buy tanks.The doves want to sell the tanks, ignore the hawks, and give the money to the poor.
war noun► go to warto fight US, 2002
idiomwar► a tug of warwage war onto be fighting someone or trying to destroy or deal with something:A knife maniac vowed to wage war on the police, then stabbed an officer to death, a court heard yesterday.Johnson won the 1964 Presidential election by promising to wage war on domestic poverty and racism.Close planting helps when you are waging a war on weeds.a war of wordsused about a very angry or serious argument between two people or groups who strongly disagree about something ◆ used especially in newspapers:The war of words between the US and Canada over acid rain reached new heights last week.University and union officials clashed in a bitter war of words yesterday, as lecturers staged a one-day strike in protest against the dismissal of a senior lecturer.a war/battle of nerveswhen two people, organizations, or countries are trying to defeat each other by using threats, warnings etc but no violence:For months Mr Patten had been fighting a war of nerves with China over the proposals.Mother and daughter stared at each other and Kate realized it was now a battle of nerves between them.
See:- a turf war
- a war of nerves
- a war of words
- a war to end all wars
- all is fair in love and war
- all-out war
- All's fair in love and war
- an act of war
- at war
- been in the wars
- been to the wars
- Councils of war never fight
- declare war
- declare war against
- declare war against (someone or something)
- declare war on
- declare war on (someone or something)
- dogs of war
- flame war
- flame-war
- fortunes of war
- go to war
- go to war (over someone or something)
- have been in the wars
- have been to the wars
- if you want peace, (you must) prepare for war
- If you want peace, prepare for war
- in the wars
- lose the battle, but win the war
- make war
- make war (on someone or something)
- man-of-war
- old warhorse
- on the warpath
- Portuguese man-of-war
- swords into ploughshares
- the fortunes of war
- tug of war
- turf war
- wage war (on someone or something)
- war against
- war bride
- war chest
- war horse
- war of nerves
- war of nerves, a
- war of words
- war over
- war paint
- war to end all wars
- war with
- war zone
- win the battle, but lose the war
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