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holy war

noun as in religious war

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The president’s latest email is part of Trumpism’s ongoing sacralization — casting the movement as a holy war against evil enemies, meaning anyone who resists their crusade to end multiracial democracy.

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“If God ever calls me to a holy war,” he said, “I want Joe Frazier fighting beside me.”

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Noem and her crew are so high on their holy war that they don’t realize they’re their own worst enemy.

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Let’s take a walk around The Battery, so you can understand why it could become one of the flash points in the coming holy war between owners and players.

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The call to “take back” the culture is not metaphorical but literal, and believers are encouraged to see themselves as soldiers in a holy war to dominate society.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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