en wage war

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

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wage war requires…

  • en gather an army ➜
  • en get your weapons ➜
  • en have an army ➜
  • en arm yourself ➜
  • en attack an enemy ➜
  • en build a military ➜
  • en buy weapons ➜
  • en create an army ➜
  • en declare war ➜
  • en find an enemy ➜
  • en fire a missle at another country ➜
  • en get allies ➜
  • en hate another group ➜
  • en have an opponent ➜
  • en have weapons ➜
  • en have weapons and a cause ➜
  • en be the head of state ➜
  • en hire an army ➜
  • en insure you have enough supplies ➜
  • en join the army ➜
  • More »

wage war is a subevent of…

  • en attack my enemy ➜
  • en defeat ➜
  • en victory ➜
  • en arms makers grow more wealthy ➜
  • en assination ➜
  • en attack opposing armies ➜
  • en attrition ➜
  • en you become angry ➜
  • en bombs are droped ➜
  • en cities are destroyed ➜
  • en death ➜
  • en declare war ➜
  • en engage deception ➜
  • en human lives are lost ➜
  • en innocent people get killed ➜
  • en killing enemy soldiers ➜
  • en you may get into struggle ➜
  • en national borders change ➜
  • en people become homeless ➜
  • en people become injured or killed ➜
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Synonyms

  • fr guerroyer (v) ➜
  • ja 戦う (v) ➜
  • ja 闘う (v) ➜
  • en make war (v) ➜
  • en make war ➜
  • fr war ➜
  • zh 交战 ➜
  • zh 交戰 ➜
  • zh 大战 ➜
  • zh 大戰 ➜
  • zh 对仗 ➜
  • zh 對仗 ➜
  • zh 搏战 ➜
  • zh 搏戰 ➜

wage war is motivated by…

  • en another country is occupying your country ➜
  • en you are a bully ➜
  • en claim some territory ➜
  • en your country has been attacked ➜
  • en death and destruction ➜
  • en defeat your enemy ➜
  • en you have a reason to fight ➜
  • en kill ➜
  • en more resourses ➜
  • en a nation attacked you ➜
  • en you need to defend yourself ➜
  • en survive ➜
  • en you wanted revenge for a wrongdoing ➜
  • en you were forced to ➜

Things that make you want wage war

  • en Hatred ➜
  • en insanity ➜
  • en Attacks against your homeland ➜
  • en Being attacked ➜
  • en Hate ➜
  • en someone invading your country ➜
  • en jealousy ➜
  • en not being able to negotiate ➜
  • en politics ➜
  • en Religion ➜

wage war is the first step of…

  • en attack an enemy ➜
  • en Fight ➜
  • en get bad ➜
  • en prepare for battle ➜
  • en write a proclamation declaring war ➜

wage war is the last step of…

  • en negotiate peace ➜
  • en stop fighting ➜
  • en win or lose ➜

Related terms

  • fr guerroyer ➜
  • fa جنگیدن (v) ➜
  • en attack ➜

Types of wage war

  • en a soldier's job ➜

Links to other resources

  • fr.wiktionary.org wage war
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