War - Ant. & Syn.

[BLUEHAWK]

WAR; noun

Antonyms:
peace, friendship, accord, harmony

Synonyms:
warfare, hostilities, conflict, clash, strife, contest, struggle, battle, combat, military operation, confrontation, engagement, crusade, "Death's feast." - George Herbert, "A passion play performed by idiots." - William Corum, "A biological necessity of the first order." - Frederich von Bernhardt, "That attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood." - Abraham Lincoln, "The most successful of our cultural traditions." - Robert Ardrey, "Only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace." - Thomas Mann

See also:
attack, intense, all-out, sweep, action, offensive, ceasefire, armistice, truce, treaty, games, maneuvers, Mars, Ares, jihad, operation, campaign, provocation, casus belli, martial, enemy, scorching, deployment, surrender, procurement, logistics, capitulation, saber-rattling, diplomacy, victory, losses, pyrrhic, spoils, winnnings, Air Force, ammunition, Army, bomb, bullet, gun, Marines, Navy, nuclear, soldier, weapon.

WAR; verb
lock horns, take up arms, attack, cross swords, skirmish. fight, struggle, contend

[usmcsgt65]

How about, "War, the absence of peace."

[BLUEHAWK]

Yes, that'd work too... almost as if the ONLY possible thing that one or the other can be replaced with, somehow.

All those words came from the Thesaurus, kinda interesting how many there are for War, and how few for Peace, eh?

Semper Fi, Sargeant!