go to war

VERB

fight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attack battle challenge clash meet protect resist

STRONG

altercate assault bicker box brawl buck contend dispute duel feud grapple joust oppugn quarrel repel rowdy scrap scuffle skirmish spar strive struggle tiff tilt traverse tug tussle war withstand wrangle wrestle

WEAK

bandy with bear arms brush with carry on war cross swords do battle exchange blows flare-up mix it up ply weapons take all comers take the field take up the gauntlet wage war

Antonyms

STRONG

agree give in make peace surrender yield

WEAK

believe support uphold

VERB

skirmish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bicker scuffle spar wrangle

STRONG

altercate argue battle brawl clash combat conflict dispute engage feud grapple quarrel scrap struggle tussle war wrestle

WEAK

cross swords do battle mix it up wage war

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree

STRONG

harmonize let go make peace release surrender yield

VERB

war

Synonyms

STRONGEST

differ take up arms

STRONG

attack attempt bombard challenge clash combat contend contest disagree endeavor kill meet murder oppugn shell shoot strive struggle tug

WEAK

campaign against engage in combat make war march against take on take the field against wage war

Antonyms

STRONG

agree aid be lazy give up laze protect retreat surrender

WEAK

make peace

Example Sentences

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You hire him when you’ve decided to go to war, and prepare to fight all the way to the Supreme Court.

From Salon • May 13, 2026

Instead, he delivers his hair-raising message—that we’re staring at “a humiliating and bloody defeat” if we go to war with China—in a jaunty, clever and sometimes breathless book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

If this is true, why did he go to war in late February?

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

"It's not that we want to go to war, but if we don't want to go to war, who will?"

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Tomorrow he would go to war, and his enemies would be the Pandavas.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

go to war

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