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revolutionary war

noun as in war of independence

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It is the eve of the Revolutionary War.

From Slate

We see fathers and sons torn apart by the rise of the Revolutionary War, fears of technological innovations, and a rather haphazard discussion between a Black family about how to handle the police.

From Salon

The American Revolutionary War, which we’ve seen co-opted in politics for the last few years, is fought and won in the span of a few seconds.

From Salon

Among their offerings included “Woman of the Century,” a gin-based drink inspired by Simone Veil, a lawyer, politician and Holocaust survivor who spear-headed the law that decriminalized abortion in France; “Amazona,” a tequila, yucca, honey soda, cinnamon and pepper drink based on Sonia Guajajara, activist and the first Minister of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil; and the “Vesper Dolores,” honoring Dolores Jiménez y Muro, a teacher, journalist and poet from the Mexican Revolutionary War.

From Salon

Jones plays Isaac Higgintoot, a member of the American Continental Congress who — appropriately, given his last name — died of dysentery while serving as a captain in the Revolutionary War.

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

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