Thesaurus / warfare
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I never had to fight again except as an unwilling participant in our foreign warfare.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWIt is true that they wanted the picturesque splendour of ancient warfare.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSOne of the latest uses to which asbestos has been proposed to be applied in connection with warfare is as a coating for ironclads.
ASBESTOSROBERT H. JONESBalfour Browne and Littler now conducted the warfare on either side, and keenly they fought.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWOrganisation was his first work, and his former experience of irregular warfare in Poland stood him in good stead.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONFor many years there had been great scarcity in both countries, a natural consequence of predatory warfare.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONHe believed that the guerrillas of Missouri had broken every law of civilized warfare, and were entitled to no mercy.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNHe was exceedingly religious, and up to the time of his marriage had led a life devoted to prayer, fasting, and warfare.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYBut there was another storm raging in those streets, more terrible than any elemental warfare.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTIn addition to peace and military warfare, Jefferson had personal interest in religion and in education.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYWORDS RELATED TO WARFARE
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